Formal Methods. An Appetizer
Title: Formal Methods. An Appetizer | Author(s): Flemming Nielson, Hanne Riis Nielson | Publisher: Springer | Year: 2019 | Language: English | Pages : 170 | ISBN: 978-3-030-05155-6 | Size: 2 MB | Extension: pdf
This textbook is an introduction to the use of formal methods ranging from semantics of key programming constructs to techniques for the analysis and verification of programs. The authors use program graphs as the mechanism for representing the control structure of programs in order to find a balance between generality and conceptual complexity.
The early chapters on program graphs and the Guarded Commands language are sufficient introduction for most readers to then enjoy a plug-and-play approach to the remaining chapters. These explain formal methods…