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Tool support is a major issue for any novel software engineering approach. This is particularly important for introducing new methodological issues, as only with an adequate embedding of new ideas in a practical tool set it is possible to include new facilities in the software development process. In this paper, we provide an insight to the feedback obtained when developing and using a tool set for easing the use of a formal method. The paper begins by introducing the underlying formal method, its language representation, and the tool set that is currently available. Based on them, the core contribution of the paper is constituted by the observations made when the tool set has been used in practice.
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Mikkonen, T. (2003). Experiences on Developing and Using a Tool Support for Formal Specification. In: Rosen, JP., Strohmeier, A. (eds) Reliable Software Technologies — Ada-Europe 2003. Ada-Europe 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2655. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44947-7_22
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