Article
Constraint satisfaction techniques for diagnosing errors in Design by Contract software
Author/s | Ceballos Guerrero, Rafael
Martínez Gasca, Rafael Borrego Núñez, Diana |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos |
Publication Date | 2006 |
Deposit Date | 2022-02-16 |
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Abstract | Design by Contract enables the development of more reliable
and robust software applications. In this paper, a methodology
that diagnoses errors in software is proposed. This
is based on the combination of Design by ... Design by Contract enables the development of more reliable and robust software applications. In this paper, a methodology that diagnoses errors in software is proposed. This is based on the combination of Design by Contract, Modelbased Diagnosis and Constraint Programming. Contracts are specified by using assertions. These assertions together with an abstraction of the source code are transformed into constraints. The methodology detects if the contracts are consistent, and if there are incompatibilities between contracts and source code. The process is automatic and is based on constraint programming. |
Funding agencies | Ministerio de Ciencia Y Tecnología (MCYT). España |
Project ID. | DPI2003-07146-C02-01 |
Citation | Ceballos Guerrero, R., Martínez Gasca, R. y Borrego Núñez, D. (2006). Constraint satisfaction techniques for diagnosing errors in Design by Contract software. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 31 (2) |
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