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Formal methods in industry: achievements, problems, future

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Two real projects using the B formal method are quickly presented. They show how some important parts of complex systems can be developed in such a way that the outcome is "correct by construction". A number of factors are then analyzed relating the pros, the cons, and the difficulties in applying this approach in Industry.

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                              ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering
                              May 2006
                              1110 pages
                              ISBN:1595933751
                              DOI:10.1145/1134285

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