Producing correct, reliable software in systems of ever increasing complexity is a problem with no immediate end in sight. The software industry suffers from a plague of bugs on a near-biblical scale. One promising technique in alleviating this problem is the application of formal methods that provide a rigorous mathematical basis to software development. When correctly applied, formal methods produce systems of the highest integrity and thus are especially recommended for security- and safety-critical systems. Unfortunately, although projects based on formal methods are proliferating, the use of these methods is still more the exception than the rule, which results from many misconceptions regarding their costs, difficulties, and payoffs. Surveys of formal methods applied to large problems in industry help dispel these misconceptions and show that formal methods projects can be completed on schedule and within budget. Moreover, these surveys show that formal methods projects produce correct software (and hardware) that is well structured, maintainable, and satisfies customer requirements. Through observations of many recently completed and in-progress projects we have come up with ten guidelines that, if adhered to, greatly increase a project's chances for success. >

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Ten commandments of formal methods

How have the formal methods commandments fared over the past decade? Are they still valid in the current industrial setting, and have attitudes toward formal methods improved? The authors revisit their ten maxims to answer these questions.

Ten Commandments of Formal Methods ...Ten Years Later

C. Ebert presents his views on the state of software engineering as a field, its roots and inherent conflicts, its relationship to other engineering disciplines, where it is headed, and what we can do to influence that direction. T. Matsubara, T. Webb, M. Pezze, and O.W. Bertelsen offer a spectrum of further insights.

The road to maturity: navigating between craft and science

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Ten Commandments of Formal Methods … Ten Years Later

Ten Commandments of Formal Methods... Ten Years On.

To find out where software is headed, experts in academia and industry share their vision of software's future. It is a snapshot in time of where we have been and possibly where we are headed. The subjects discussed are: the desktop; software technology; objects; software agents; software engineering; parallel software; and the curriculum. The results suggest a strong polarization within the software community: a chasm exists between academia and industry. It appears that these two groups share radically different views on where software is headed. The impression is the heavy emphasis on programming languages, operating systems and algorithms by the academic group, in contrast to the clear emphasis on standards and market-leading trends by the industrial group. Academics worry about evolutionary or incremental changes to already poorly designed languages and systems, while industrialists race to keep up with revolutionary changes in everything. Academics are looking for better ideas, industrialists for better tools. To an industrial person, things are moving fast-they are revolutionary. To an academic, things are moving too slowly, and in the wrong direction-they are only evolutionary changes which are slave to an installed base. >

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Where is software headed? A virtual roundtable

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Where is software headed? A virtual roundtable