{"product_id":"teaching-formal-methods-colognet-fme-symposium-tfm-2004-ghent-belgium-november-18-19-2004-proceedings-9783540236115","title":"Teaching Formal Methods: Colognet\/Fme Symposium, Tfm 2004, Ghent, Belgium, November 18-19, 2004. Proceedings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): C. Neville Dean\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Computer Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Professional engineers can often be distinguished from other designers by the engineers' ability to use mathematical models to describe and 1 analyze their products.\" This observation by Parnas describes the de facto professional standards in all classical engineering disciplines (civil, mechanical, electrical, etc.). Unf- tunately, it is in sharp contrast with current (industrial) practice in software design, where mathematical models are hardly used at all, even by those who, 2 in Holloway's words \"aspire to be engineers.\" The rare exceptions are certain critical applications, where mathematical techniques are used under the general name formal methods. Yet, thesamecharacteristicsthatmakeformalmethodsanecessityincritical applicationsmakethemalsoadvantageousineverydaysoftwaredesignatvarious levels from design e?ciency to software quality. Why, then, is education failing with respect to formal methods? - failing to convince students, academics and practitioners alike that formal methods are truly pragmatic; - failing to overcome a phobia of formality and mathematics; - failing to provide students with the basic skills and understanding required toadoptamoremathematicalandlogicalapproachtosoftwaredevelopment. Until education takes these failings seriously, formal methods will be an obscure byway in software engineering, which in turn will remain severely impoverished as a result.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45281780072599,"sku":"9783540236115","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783540236115.webp?v=1769300209","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/teaching-formal-methods-colognet-fme-symposium-tfm-2004-ghent-belgium-november-18-19-2004-proceedings-9783540236115","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}