In computer science, formal specifications are mathematically based techniques whose purpose is to help with the implementation of systems and software...

In computer science, formal methods are mathematically rigorous techniques for the specification, development, analysis, and verification of software...

A specification often refers to a set of documented requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service. A specification is often a...

A specification language is a formal language in computer science used during systems analysis, requirements analysis, and systems design to describe a...

using formal methods of mathematics. Formal verification is a key incentive for formal specification of systems, and is at the core of formal methods...

Property Specification Language (PSL) is a temporal logic extending linear temporal logic with a range of operators for both ease of expression and enhancement...

In computer science Language of Temporal Ordering Specification (LOTOS) is a formal specification language based on temporal ordering of events. LOTOS...

The OpenAPI Specification, previously known as the Swagger Specification, is a specification for a machine-readable interface definition language for describing...

(SWEBOK) Design specification Specification (technical standard) Formal specification Abstract type Bourque, P.; Fairley, R.E. (2014). "Guide to the Software...

learning optimizes an objective function—achieving the literal, formal specification of an objective—without actually achieving an outcome that the programmers...

family of formal specification languages are intended for the precise specification of computing systems. They allow the clean specification of computer...

calculus Formal methods, mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems Formal specification...

/ˈzɛd/ is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs...

The language is formally complete, so it can be used for code generation for either simulation or final targets. The Specification and Description Language...

development projects, it makes sense to do a requirements analysis and a formal specification. For other software development projects, it makes sense to let the...

used for stepwise refinement, proceeding gradually from an initial formal specification to eventually yield an executable Standard ML program. Correctness...

can agree on what programs in that language mean. Specifications are typically detailed and formal, and primarily used by implementors, with users referring...

formulation of the Transmission Control Program (TCP). Its RFC 675 specification was written by Cerf with Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine in December 1974...

Years later, as a joke in 1999, the IP over Avian Carriers formal protocol specification was created and successfully tested two years later. 10 years...

include a group of techniques and tools based on a formal specification language—the VDM Specification Language (VDM-SL). It has an extended form, VDM++...

derivation of a program from its specification, by mathematical means. To derive a program means to write a formal specification, which is usually non-executable...

differentiation Specification (technical standard), an explicit set of requirements Specification (legal concept), from Roman Law Formal specification, describing...

(which specifies the character set used). The RIFF specification attempts to be a formal specification, but its formalism lacks the precision seen in other...

three semantic entities (actions, data and yielders) to simplify the specification; Algebraic semantics is a form of axiomatic semantics based on algebraic...

had already become a de facto standard in bioinformatics before a formal specification was written. One of the advantages of this format is the manipulation...

Model-based specification is an approach to formal specification where the system specification is expressed as a system state model. This state model...

In computer science and software engineering, Alloy is a declarative specification language for expressing complex structural constraints and behavior...

Yacc to create a formal specification of C++, but "was defeated by C's syntax". While finding it unsuitable for a formal specification of the language...

Environment Specification (AES) by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) Interfaces found in common use and not yet covered by a formal specification, drawn from...

consultant can extract the rules from IT documentation (like use cases, specifications or system code). They may also organize workshops and interviews with...