In computer science, formal specifications are mathematically based techniques whose purpose are to help with the implementation of systems and software...

In computer science, formal methods are mathematically rigorous techniques for the specification, development, analysis, and verification of software...

using formal methods of mathematics. Formal verification is a key incentive for formal specification of systems, and is at the core of formal methods...

A specification often refers to a set of documented requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service. A specification is often a...

A specification language is a formal language in computer science used during systems analysis, requirements analysis, and systems design to describe a...

calculus Formal methods, mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems Formal specification...

(SWEBOK) Design specification Specification (technical standard) Formal specification Abstract type Bourque, P.; Fairley, R.E. (2014). "Guide to the Software...

/ˈzɛd/ is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs...

The OpenAPI Specification, previously known as the Swagger Specification, is a specification for a machine-readable interface definition language for describing...

formulation of the Transmission Control Program (TCP). Its RFC 675 specification was written by Cerf with Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine in December 1974...

Years later, as a joke in 1999, the IP over Avian Carriers formal protocol specification was created and successfully tested two years later. 10 years...

can agree on what programs in that language mean. Specifications are typically detailed and formal, and primarily used by implementors, with users referring...

used for stepwise refinement, proceeding gradually from an initial formal specification to eventually yield an executable Standard ML program. Correctness...

Updated by RFC 904. D. Mills (April 1984). Exterior Gateway Protocol Formal Specification. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC0904. RFC 904. Status Unknown...

refinement to code rather than just formal specification — hence it is easier to correctly implement a specification written in B than one in Z. In particular...

In computer science Language of Temporal Ordering Specification (LOTOS) is a formal specification language based on temporal ordering of events. LOTOS...

differentiation Specification (technical standard), an explicit set of requirements Specification (legal concept), from Roman Law Formal specification, describing...

(which specifies the character set used). The RIFF specification attempts to be a formal specification, but its formalism lacks the precision seen in other...

Property Specification Language (PSL) is a temporal logic extending linear temporal logic with a range of operators for both ease of expression and enhancement...

In computer science and software engineering, Alloy is a declarative specification language for expressing complex structural constraints and behavior...

development projects, it makes sense to do a requirements analysis and a formal specification. For other software development projects, it makes sense to let the...

three semantic entities (actions, data and yielders) to simplify the specification; Algebraic semantics is a form of axiomatic semantics based on algebraic...

TLA+ is a formal specification language developed by Leslie Lamport. It is used for designing, modelling, documentation, and verification of programs,...

consultant can extract the rules from IT documentation (like use cases, specifications or system code). They may also organize workshops and interviews with...

family of formal specification languages are intended for the precise specification of computing systems. They allow the clean specification of computer...

Specification gaming or reward hacking occurs when an AI optimizes an objective function—achieving the literal, formal specification of an objective—without...

Predicative programming is the original name of a formal method for program specification and refinement, more recently called a Practical Theory of Programming...

The language is formally complete, so it can be used for code generation for either simulation or final targets. The Specification and Description Language...

derivation of a program from its specification, by mathematical means. To derive a program means to write a formal specification, which is usually non-executable...

focus the efforts of the initial Haskell working group. The last formal specification of the language was made in July 2010, while the development of GHC...