Formally verifying interactive systems : a review

Although some progress has been made in the development of principles to guide the designers of interactive systems, ultimately the only proven method of checking how usable a particular system is must be based on experiment. However, it is also the case that changes that occur at this late stage ar...

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Main Author: Campos, J. Creissac (author)
Other Authors: Harrison, M. D. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 1997
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/746
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/746
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Summary:Although some progress has been made in the development of principles to guide the designers of interactive systems, ultimately the only proven method of checking how usable a particular system is must be based on experiment. However, it is also the case that changes that occur at this late stage are very expensive. The need for early design checking increases as software becomes more complex and is designed to serve volume international markets and also as interactions between operators and automation in safety-critical environments becomes more complex. This paper reviews progress in the area of formal verification of interactive systems and proposes a short agenda for further work.