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This article releases an industrial experiment of using formal methods to conceive, design, develop and test an embedded software in a massproduced device.
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Arnold, A., Bégay, D., Radoux, JP. (1996). The embedded software of an electricity meter: An experience in using formal methods in an industrial project. In: Wirsing, M., Nivat, M. (eds) Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology. AMAST 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014304
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