Formal Methods in System Design

期刊简介：The focus of this journal is on formal methods for designing, implementing, and validating the correctness of hardware (VLSI) and software systems. The stimulus for starting a journal with this goal came from both academia and industry. In both areas, interest in the use of formal methods has increased rapidly during the past few years. The enormous cost and time required to validate new designs has led to the realization that more powerful techniques must be developed. A number of techniques and tools are currently being devised for improving the reliability, and robustness of complex hardware and software systems. While the boundary between the (sub)components of a system that are cast in hardware, firmware, or software continues to blur, the relevant design disciplines and formal methods are maturing rapidly. Consequently, an important (and useful) collection of commonly applicable formal methods are expected to emerge that will strongly influence future design environments and design methods.

【译文】本期刊的焦点是设计、实现和验证硬件（VLSI）和软件系统的正确性所采用的形式化方法。启动这本期刊的动机既来自学术界，也来自工业界。在两个领域，近年来对形式化方法的使用兴趣都迅速增长。验证新设计所需的大量成本和时间导致人们意识到必须开发更强大的技术。目前正在设计多种技术和工具，以提高复杂硬件和软件系统的可靠性和鲁棒性。虽然系统（子）组件在硬件、固件或软件中的界限继续模糊，但相关的设计学科和形式化方法正在迅速成熟。因此，预计将出现一个重要的（有用的）通用形式化方法集合，这将强烈影响未来的设计环境和设计方法。