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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CISC 414 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering (3cr.)

Credit(s): 3
FORMAL METHODS SOFTWARE ENG
Component: Lecture
Formal approaches to the specification, verification, and design of software systems. Topics include representing programs as transition systems; liveness and safety properties; state space reachability; explicit, symbolic and automata-based model checking; temporal logics; symbolic execution; automated theorem-proving; and relational calculus. Learn to use state-of-the-art tools based on these methods, such as the model checker Spin.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CISC 304  or equivalent course, or permission of instructor. RESTRICTIONS: Credit cannot be received for both CISC614/CPEG614 and CISC414.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
General Education Objectives:
Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Reason Computationally Reason Scientifically