Software verification and analysis ........... (Record no. 19755)
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| fixed length control field | 02080nam a2200229 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ASIN1848822391 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200227135614.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 150424s2009 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788132204510 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781848822399 (hardcover) |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Source of stock number/acquisition | Pak Book |
| Terms of availability | PKR 575.87 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | AUMC |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 005.14 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Laski, Janusz. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Software verification and analysis ........... |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Janusz Laski, William Stanley. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xviii,234 p. ; |
| Dimensions | (R13,SH 03 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | “The situation is good, but not hopeless” (Polish folk wisdom) The text is devoted to the Software Analysis and Testing (SAT) methods and s- porting tools for assessing and, if possible, improving software quality, specifically its correctness. The term quality assurance is avoided for it is this author’s firm belief that in the current state of the art that goal is unattainable, a plethora of “gu- anteed” solutions to the problem notwithstanding. Therefore, the rather awkward phrase “improving correctness” is to be understood as an effort to minimize the number of residual programming faults (“bugs”) and their impact on the software’s behavior, that is, to make the faults tolerable. It is clear that such a minimalist approach is a result of frustration. Indeed, having spent years developing software and teaching (preaching?) “How to do it right,” I still do not know how to go about it with any degree of certainty! It appears then I probably should stop right now, for who with a modicum of common sense would reach for a text that does not offer salvation but (as will be seen) hard work and misery? If I intend to continue, it is only that I suspect there are many professionals out there who have similar doubts. And they are the intended audience of this project. The philosophical underpinning of the text is the importance of sound engine- ing practices i |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Host name | Stanley, William.40 |
| Materials specified | Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Air University Multan Campus Library | Air University Multan Campus Library | 04/24/2015 | 005.14 | P001448 | 02/27/2019 | 04/24/2015 | Book |