Economics of software verification

  • Authors:
  • Gerard J. Holzmann

  • Affiliations:
  • Bell Laboratories MH 2C-521, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ

  • Venue:
  • PASTE '01 Proceedings of the 2001 ACM SIGPLAN-SIGSOFT workshop on Program analysis for software tools and engineering
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

How can we determine the added value of software verification techniques over the more readily available conventional testing techniques? Formal verification techniques introduce both added costs and potential benefits. Can we show objectively when the benefits will outweigh the cost?