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Formal specification for a clinical cyclotron control system

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                  cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
                  ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes  Volume 15, Issue 4
                  Sep. 1990
                  149 pages
                  ISSN:0163-5948
                  DOI:10.1145/99571
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                    Conference proceedings on Formal methods in software development
                    April 1990
                    149 pages
                    ISBN:0897914155
                    DOI:10.1145/99569

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