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This paper presents the RAISE1 software development method, its associated specification language, and the tools supporting it. The RAISE method enables the stepwise development of both sequential and concurrent software from abstract specification through design to implementation. All stages of RAISE software development are expressed in the wide-spectrum RAISE specification language. The RAISE tools form an integrated tool environment supporting both language and method.
The paper surveys RAISE and furthermore, more detailed presentations of major RAISE results are provided. The subjects of these are (a) an example of the use of the RAISE method and language, and (b) a presentation of the mathematical semantics of the RAISE specification language.
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Nielsen, M., Havelund, K., Wagner, K.R. et al. The RAISE language, method and tools. Formal Aspects of Computing 1, 85–114 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887199
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