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Developing correct and efficient logic programs by transformation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Alberto Pettorossi  and
Maurizio Proietti
Alberto Pettorossi
Affiliation:
Department of Informatics, University of Roma II, Via della Ricerca Scientfica, 00133 Roma, Italy. Email: adp@iasi.rm.cnr.it
Maurizio Proietti
Affiliation:
IASI-CNR, Viale Manzoni 30, 00185 Roma, Italy. Email: proietti@iasi.rm.cnr.it
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The complex process of deriving programs from specifications is often divided into the following three steps: (i) the derivation of formal specifications from the informal ones; (ii) the validation of the formal specifications; and (iii) the derivation of executable programs from the formal specifications.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 347 - 360
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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