Paper Details

%T Software Specification Refinement and Verification Method with I\-Mathic Studio.
%A Gerald H. Hilderink
%E Peter H. Welch, Jon Kerridge, Frederick R. M. Barnes
%B Communicating Process Architectures 2006
%X A software design usually manifests a composition of
   software specifications. It consists of hierarchies of black
   box and white box specifications which are subject to
   refinement verification. Refinement verification is a
   model\-checking process that proves the correctness of
   software specifications using formal methods. Although this
   is a powerful tool for developing reliable and robust
   software, the applied mathematics causes a serious gap
   between academics and software engineers. I\-Mathic
   comprehends a software specification refinement and
   verification method and a supporting toolset, which aims at
   eliminating the gap through hiding the applied mathematics
   by practical modelling concepts. The model\-checker FDR is
   used for refinement verification and detecting deadlocks and
   livelocks in software specifications. We have improved the
   method by incorporating CSP programming concepts into the
   specification language. These concepts make the method
   suitable for a broader class of safety\-critical concurrent
   systems. The improved I\-Mathic is illustrated in this
   paper.

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