This is an explanation of the constructive approach to software development. It involves calculating an answer from the initial statement of requirements or specification, rather than "guessing" an answer and then testing whether it actually works. It uses the same basic theory as traditional techniques, but is quicker and easier as no "wrong answers" are obtained, and therefore no incorrect work needs to be discarded. The book is designed to be accessible to anyone with an appropriate basic background knowledge of formal methods. It is intended for fourth or fifth year undergraduate and postgraduate students on formal methods and software engineering courses, and software developers in industry who need a more pragmatic, yet fully formal, approach to software development.
- ISBN10 354076156X
- ISBN13 9783540761563
- Publish Date October 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Edition 1998. 2nd Printing ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English