ECTS - Formal Methods in Software Engineering
Formal Methods in Software Engineering (SE562) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Formal Methods in Software Engineering | SE562 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Software Engineering Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture. |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to teach formal methods for software specification. With the help of fundamental mathematical and engineering principles, it intends to provide the means for greater precision in both thinking and documenting the preliminary stage of the software creation process. Besides, this course will integrate formal methods with software engineering practices. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Introduction to formal specifications for software development; software specification and development with mathematical semantics; constructing formal specifications for software-intensive systems; specification languages, Z, object Z and OCL; relating specifications and implementations; role of formal specification in system life cycle; classific |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fundamentals of formal specification | Overview |
| 2 | Propositional, Predicate Logics and Sets | Chapter 2,3,5, (other 1) |
| 3 | Arithmetic, Logic, Algebra, Diagram | Chapter 1-4, (other 2) |
| 4 | OCL | Chapter 6 (other 2) |
| 5 | Formal Specification and Z | Other 3 |
| 6 | Formal Specification and Z | Other 3 |
| 7 | Object Z | Other 4 |
| 8 | Object Z | Other 4 |
| 9 | Object Z | Other 4 |
| 10 | Logic | Chapter 8 (other 2) |
| 11 | Implementation | Chapter 11 |
| 12 | State transition | Chapter 12 (other 2) |
| 13 | Planin text, Natural language | Chapter 13 - 14 (other 2) |
| 14 | Digital geometry, Building dungeons | Chapter 15 - 16 (other 2) |
| 15 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
| 16 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. J. Woodcock and J. Davies, Using Z: Specification, Refinement, and Proof, Prentice-Hall In-ternational, 1996 |
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| 2. Bruce Mills, Practical Formal Software Engineering: Wanting the Software You Get, Cambridge University Press (2009) ISBN-13: 9780521879033 | |
| 3. J.M. Spivey, “An introduction to Z and formal specifications”, Software Engineering Journal, pp40-50, January 1989 | |
| 4. Roger Duke, Gordon Rose, Formal Object Oriented Specification Using Object-Z, Cornerstones of Computing Palgrave Macmillan 2000, 9780333801239 – 0333801237 | |
| 5. Ben Potter, Jane Sinclair, David Till, Introduction Formal Specification and Z, 2/E, Prentice-Hall (1996) ISBN-10: 0132422077, ISBN-13: 9780132422079 | |
| 6. Smith, Graeme, The Object-Z Specification Language Series: Advances in Formal Methods, Vol. 1, 1999, ISBN: 978-0-7923-8684-1 | |
| 7. Antoni Diller, Z: An Introduction to Formal Methods, 2nd Edition, Jhon Wiley (1994), ISBN: 978-0-471-93973-3 | |
| 8. “WWW Library of Formal Methods” (http://www.afm.sbu.ac.uk/) |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 20 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 9 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Comprehends the most advanced technology and literature in the field of software engineering research. | X | ||||
| 2 | Gains the ability to conduct world-class research in software engineering and publish scholarly articles in top conferences and journals in the area. | X | ||||
| 3 | Conducts quantitative and qualitative studies in software engineering. | X | ||||
| 4 | Develops and applies software engineering approaches to acquire the necessary skills to bridge the gap between academia and industry in the field of software engineering and to solve real-world problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Gains the ability to access the necessary information to follow current developments in science and technology, and to conduct scientific research or develop projects in the field of software engineering. | X | ||||
| 6 | Gains awareness and a sense of responsibility regarding professional, legal, ethical, and social issues in the field of software engineering. | X | ||||
| 7 | Acquires project and risk management skills; gains awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development; adapts international excellence standards for software engineering practices and methodologies. | X | ||||
| 8 | Gains awareness of the universal, environmental, social, and legal consequences of software engineering practices when making decisions. | X | ||||
| 9 | Develops, adopts, and supports the sustainable use of excellence standards for software engineering practices. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 223 | ||