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Causality as a means for the expression of requirements for safety critical systems 因果关系作为表达安全关键系统要求的一种手段

Proceedings of COMPASS'94 - 1994 IEEE 9th Annual Conference on Computer Assurance Pub Date : 1994-06-27 DOI: 10.1109/CMPASS.1994.318450

A. Coombes, J. Mcdermid, Philip Morris

引用次数: 7

Experiences formally verifying a network component 有正式验证网络组件的经验

Proceedings of COMPASS'94 - 1994 IEEE 9th Annual Conference on Computer Assurance Pub Date : 1994-06-27 DOI: 10.1109/CMPASS.1994.318453

P. Curzon

引用次数: 14

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Towards physically-correct specifications of embedded real-time systems 一盎司预防胜似十分治疗。面向嵌入式实时系统的物理正确规范

Proceedings of COMPASS'94 - 1994 IEEE 9th Annual Conference on Computer Assurance Pub Date : 1994-06-27 DOI: 10.1109/CMPASS.1994.318459

Azer Bestavros

引用次数: 4

Testability, failure rates, detectability, trustability and reliability 可测试性、故障率、可检测性、可信赖性和可靠性

Proceedings of COMPASS'94 - 1994 IEEE 9th Annual Conference on Computer Assurance Pub Date : 1994-06-27 DOI: 10.1109/CMPASS.1994.318456

W. Howden

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引用次数: 1

Compositional model checking of Ada tasking programs Ada任务程序的组成模型检验

Proceedings of COMPASS'94 - 1994 IEEE 9th Annual Conference on Computer Assurance Pub Date : 1994-02-01 DOI: 10.1109/CMPASS.1994.318460

Jeffrey M. Fischer, Richard Gerber

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引用次数: 8

Evaluating software for safety systems in nuclear power plants 核电厂安全系统软件评价

Proceedings of COMPASS'94 - 1994 IEEE 9th Annual Conference on Computer Assurance Pub Date : 1994-01-11 DOI: 10.1109/CMPASS.1994.318452

J. D. Lawrence, W. Persons, G. Preckshot, J. Gallagher

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引用次数: 10