Engineering Quality Software: A Review of Current Practices, Standards and Guidelines including New Methods and Development Tools

Smith, D.J.; Wood, K.B.

ISBN 10: 1851663584 / ISBN 13: 9781851663583

Published by Springer, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering Quality Software: A Review of Current Practices, Standards and Guidelines including New Methods and Development Tools
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851663584
• ISBN 13: 9781851663583
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

During the 18 months since the publication of the 1st edition the practice of software quality and the availability of tools and guidance for its implementation has increased dramatically. The emphasis on the need for formal methods has increased and calls for certification of safety critical software are now common. In particular this 2nd edition: -Expands the treatment of static analysis and includes a com­ prehensive but simple example in order to illustrate clearly the functions of each analyser in Chapter 8. -Describes formal requirements languages more fully in Chapter 6. -Updates the compendium of available guidelines and standards in Chapter 5. -Expands the description of the many high level languages in Chapter 9. -Improves and expands the exercise into a 49 page case study consisting of a documentation hierarchy for a safety system in Chapter 14. It is seeded with deliberate errors and ambiguities and now includes guidance in finding them.

About the Author

David J. Smith, past Chairman of the Safety and Reliability Society is the author of six successful works on reliability, quality, software and statistics. He has been directly associated with this branch of engineering, in the process and telecommunications industries, for over 20 years and is well known for his courses and workshops on these subjects. He currently runs his own consultancy.