A Comparative Analysis Of Conventional Software Development Approaches Vs. Formal Methods In Call Distribution Systems

Authors

  • MUHAMMAD AJMAL SIDDIQUI
  • MUHAMMAD SALEEM AKHTER
  • NATASH ALI MIAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtcs.v3i2.105

Abstract

When we think about formal method; the first thing which comes in our mind is mathematical approach. The process of formalization is an approach based on mathematics and used to elaborate the properties of systems (hardware and software). The mathematical modeling or formal methods provide us a framework for large and complex systems. Thus these systems can be specified, analyzed, designed, and verified in a systematic way rather than the approaches which are used conventionally. Formal verification and the methods are applied using theoretical computer science fundamentals to solve the complex and difficult problems in large and complex software and hardware systems to ensure the systems will not fail with run-time errors. Conventional approaches of software verification in call distribution systems rely on quality assurance to verify the system behavior and robustness. The process of software testing cannot show the absence of errors it can only show the presence of errors in software systems. [1] In contrast, the mathematically-based techniques of verification are based on formal methods to prove certain software attributes, for example proving that software does or does not contain the occurrence of errors at run-time such as overflows, divide-by-zero, and access violation, invalid memory access and stack/heap corruption. [1] In this paper later we will have comparative analysis of formal methods vs. conventional software development approaches in call distribution systems. Using this comparison we‘ll try to identify the methodologies and approaches which would be better in SDLC for call distribution systems. 

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Published

2014-01-24

How to Cite

SIDDIQUI, M. A., AKHTER, M. S., & MIAN, N. A. (2014). A Comparative Analysis Of Conventional Software Development Approaches Vs. Formal Methods In Call Distribution Systems. VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, 2(1), 21–28. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtcs.v3i2.105