309418 (v.1) Formal Methods in Software Validation 603

Area:	Department of Computing
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0

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Workshop:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	This unit is designed for students in the Master of Science (Computer Science). An in-depth treatment into the formal verification of software systems based on propositional and predicate calculus and set theory. Topics include, formal reasoning, theorem proving and logic programming, soundness and completeness, deductive proofs, deductive systems, binary decision diagrams, finite and infinite models, decidability, logic programming, semantics and verification, and model specification with Z and other formal modelling languages. The application of formal methods to clean-room software verification is presented.

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Field of Education:	20101 Formal Language Theory
Funding Cluster:	06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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