Title :
Digestion-Based Software Formal Transformation
Author :
Cai, Xiaojuan ; Gu, Yonggen
Author_Institution :
BASICS Lab., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Software reliability is becoming increasingly important in todaypsilas information era. Many techniques have been proposed to improve software reliability with varying degrees of success. One important technique in this regard is the so-called formal methods which include formal verification, formal specification, formal analysis, and formal modeling. While these formal methods cover many phases of the software development process, the transformation of software requirement into formal representation is still done by manual labor, which we believe to be a weak link. This paper presents a digestion-based software formal transformation model that eliminates the weak link existing in todaypsilas software formal method approach,and automatically transform natural language-based requirement into formal representation.
Keywords :
formal specification; formal verification; natural languages; program compilers; software development management; software reliability; systems analysis; chewing-compiler; digesting-compiler; digestion-based software formal transformation; formal analysis; formal modeling; formal specification; formal verification; natural language; software development process; software reliability; software requirement; Biological system modeling; Chemical processes; Formal specifications; Formal verification; Humans; Intestines; Programming; Software prototyping; Software reliability; Stomach; formal transformation; software reliability; software requirement;
Conference_Titel :
Business and Information Management, 2008. ISBIM '08. International Seminar on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3560-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISBIM.2008.259