This paper presents a development process with particular focus on non-functional properties. The process is built around the concept of measurements at different levels of abstra...
We draw from the quality management and organizational learning literatures to develop a descriptive model of software process management. These literature streams suggest that the...
In this paper, precedence constraint combination formalisms defined in the software domain are used to define the behavior of hardware systems. Specifically, AND-join and various ...
Kenneth G. Ricks, David Jeff Jackson, B. Earl Well...
—Information systems are expected to satisfy increasingly ambitious requirements, while reducing time–to–market has become a primary objective. This trend has necessitated th...
A method is described for the analysis and the verification of safety in software systems. The method offers a formal notation for describing the software structure, the means for ...