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In the IBM Boeblingen Laboratory some software was experimentally developed in the framework of a "traditional" life-cycle model where precise semantics were introduced very early in the development process through the use of a formal specification method.
As a typical example for these ongoing efforts, the development of a medium-size software product is presented where a first informal global data flow specification was described using simple graphical conventions. The result of this development step was refined and formalized using the formal specification technique proposed in [JON80]. The specification and design language SLAN-4 [BEI83] was used to document this specification. The experiences are outlined which were gained by this development approach.
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Herzog, O. (1985). Formalized software development in an industrial environment. In: Ehrig, H., Floyd, C., Nivat, M., Thatcher, J. (eds) Formal Methods and Software Development. TAPSOFT 1985. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 186. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-15199-0_25
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