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Title: | Understanding English descriptions of programs. | ||||
Author: | Ramsay, Allan |
ISNI:
0000 0001 1063 2886
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Awarding Body: | University of Sussex | ||||
Current Institution: | University of Sussex | ||||
Date of Award: | 1982 | ||||
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A considerable amount of work has been done in the field of
verifying that computer programs fit their specifications.
However, providing correct formal specifications is itself a
fairly difficult and tedious task. Typically, people accept
informal and incomplete descriptions of programs. These are used
for "finding your way around" a large program, perhaps to identify
troublesome parts. If formal correctness techniques are used at
all, it will only be once suspect areas have been identified
informally.
This report presents a computer system that compares a LISP
program with a description of the program written in a subset of
English. The system interprets the English text; compares its
interpretation with the code, using techniques concerned with
superficial characteristics of the interpretation; investigates
its comparison in detail using more formal techniques; and finally
produces a documented version of the program, a brief report on
how the specifications are implemented, and a database of detailed
assertions about how the program and the specifications
correspond.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.257286 | DOI: | Not available | ||
Keywords: | Computer software & programming | ||||
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