Correctness by construction: a manifesto for high integrity software

  • Authors:
  • Roderick Chapman

  • Affiliations:
  • Praxis High Integrity Systems, Bath, UK

  • Venue:
  • SCS '05 Proceedings of the 10th Australian workshop on Safety critical systems and software - Volume 55
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

High integrity software systems are often so large that conventional development processes cannot get anywhere near achieving tolerable defect rates. This paper presents Correctness by Construction (CbyC)--an approach that has delivered very low defect rate software cost-effectively. We describe the main principles of CbyC and the results achieved to date. We also touch on some of the barriers that we have encountered in trying to field CbyC within our own and other organisations.