Software Development Tools: A Profile

Houghton,

doi:10.1109/mc.1983.1654382

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“…Pre-and post-processors can be used to embed assertions into almost any type of implementation language. For example, a FORTRAN assertion checker is available from the National Bureau of Standards, and other tools that perform the same function are available from commercial software vendors (Houghton 1981(Houghton , 1982(Houghton , and 1983Houghton and Oakley 1980;Riddle and Fairley 1980). Establishment of standards for in-line commentary will lead to uniformity in the amount of detail included in the commentary.…”

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“…The following tools can be used to develop software systems or in SQA functions: These tools are described in the following references : Brown 1979;Fisher 1978;Houghton 1981Houghton , 1982Houghton , and 1983Houghton and Oakley 1980;IEEE 1979a and1983c;Osterweil 1982;Powell 1982a;Reifer 1979a;and Riddle and Fairley 1980. Another method that can be used to improve reliability is to create for each production program run a run log that contains a record of everything that happened during the run. This could include operator commands; time and cycle of restart dumps; timing statistics showing where the CPU, I/O, and system times are being used; and a record of all errors together with diagnostic snapshots detailing the cause of the problem.…”

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Handbook of software quality assurance techniques applicable to the nuclear industry

Bryant¹,

Wilburn²

1987

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Handbook of software quality assurance techniques applicable to the nuclear industry

Bryant¹,

Wilburn²

1987

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“…Als viertes Merkmal ist dann noch die Schnittstelle zum Anwender (Benutzeroberfläche) und die zur Hardware/Software (Kompatibilität) von Bedeutung (vgl. Houghton, R.C., 1983).…”

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