A Paradigm for Software Module Specification with Examples,

Abstract

The paper presents a method for writing specifications of parts of software systems. The main goal is to provide specifications sufficiently precise and complete that other pieces of software can be written to interact with the piece specified without additional information. The secondary goal is to include in the specification no more information than necessary to meet the first goal. The technique is illustrated by means of a variety of examples from a tutorial system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0723634

Entities

People

  • D. L. Parnas

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Specifications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design