{"product_id":"9783540236115","title":"Lecture Notes in Computer Science: CoLogNET\/FME Symposium, TFM 2004, Ghent, Belgium, November 18-19, 2004. Proceedings","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLecture Notes in Computer Science: CoLogNET\/FME Symposium, TFM 2004, Ghent, Belgium, November 18-19, 2004. Proceedings\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDean, C. Neville; Boute, Raymond T.\u003c\/h2\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 \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2004-11-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540236115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/b102075\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 229cm x152cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 252\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45370015350924,"sku":"9783540236115","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540236115.jpg?v=1773968539","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783540236115","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}