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This paper reviews three areas of research which have a major bearing on the integrity of future digital monitoring and control systems. Work on formal methods of specification has reached a point where languages such as "VDM" and "Z" are realistic options. In the field of software verification the availability of static code analysis tools provides a fresh way of detecting deeply buried errors in computer programs. Hardware verification research has resulted in the production of a high integrity microprocessor, VIPER, which was invented and developed by the author's team at RSRE Malvern. By combining the advantages of these techniques it is believed that safer digital control systems can be produced in the 1990s.
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Cullyer, W. (1988). High integrity computing. In: Joseph, M. (eds) Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems. FTRTFT 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 331. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50302-1_1
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