Cognitive processes and formal specifications

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1 total messages Started by Thomas Werthmann-Auzinger Wed, 07 Oct 1992 22:06

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Author: Thomas Werthmann-Auzinger
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 22:06

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I plan to do an experiment on using formal specifications between 
requirements and design. It will be a simple thinking aloud protocol of some
subjects performing a design task. One group will take an informal, the other
one a formal approach. The question I'd like to answer is whether formal
specifications can reduce design errors, and build a model that explains why
this is so.

My question is:

Has there any research been done on the cognitive basis of formal
specifications? (I'm already familiar with the work of Guindon, Krasner
and
Curtis and of Civello. Jeffries and Atwood are also on my literature list)

Are there any open questions about the psychological foundations of formal
methods that are worth answering and would fit into such an experiment?

Thanks,

Thomas Werthmann-Auzinger

Master of Software Engineering Program
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

twa@mse.cmu.edu

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