The existing literature currently available to students and
researchers is very general, covering only the formal techniques of
static analysis.
This book presents real examples of the formal techniques called
‘abstract interpretation’ currently being used in various
industrial fields: railway, aeronautics, space, automotive,
etc.
The purpose of this book is to present students and researchers,
in a single book, with the wealth of experience of people who are
intrinsically involved in the realization and evaluation of
software-based safety critical systems. As the authors are people
currently working within the industry, the usual problems of
confidentiality, which can occur with other books, is not an issue
and so makes it possible to supply new useful information (photos,
architectural plans, real examples).
Mengenai Pengarang
Jean-Louis Boulanger is currently an Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) in the railway domain focusing on software elements. He is a specialist in the software engineering domain (requirement engineering, semi-formal and formal method, proof and model-checking). He also works as an expert for the French notified body CERTIFER in the field of certification of safety critical railway applications based on software (ERTMS, SCADA, automatic subway, etc.). His research interests include requirements, software verification and validation, traceability and RAMS with a special focus on SAFETY.