Formal methods for industrial critical systems : a survey of applications / edited by Stefania Gnesi, Tiziana Margaria. [electronic resource] Gnesi, Stefania, 1954- editor. edt Margaria-Steffen, Tiziana, 1964- editor. edt Formal methods (Computer science) QA76.9.F67 F654 2013 004.01/51 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and online resource; title from PDF title page (IEEE Xplore, viewed March 25, 2014). "Today, formal methods are widely recognized as an essential step in the design process of industrial safety-critical systems. In its more general definition, the term formal methods encompasses all notations having a precise mathematical semantics, together with their associated analysis methods, that allow description and reasoning about the behavior of a system in a formal manner. Growing out of more than a decade of award-winning collaborative work within the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems: A Survey of Applications presents a number of mainstream formal methods currently used for designing industrial critical systems, with a focus on model checking. The purpose of the book is threefold: to reduce the effort required to learn formal methods, which has been a major drawback for their industrial dissemination; to help designers to adopt the formal methods which are most appropriate for their systems; and to offer a panel of state-of-the-art techniques and tools for analyzing critical systems"-- Provided by publisher. "Balances leading edge material, established practice, and reviews of historically important contributions"-- Provided by publisher. 2013 Text 1 online resource (xxi, 270 pages) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118459898 eng Formal methods for industrial critical systems. Formal methods for industrial critical systems.