Software Engineering: Specification, Implementation, Verification

This book takes a formal approach to teaching software engineering, using not only UML, but also Object Constraint Language (OCL) for specification and analysis of designed models. Employing technical details typically missing from existing textbooks on software engineering, the author shows how precise specifications lead to static verification of software systems.  In addition, data management is given the attention that is required in order to produce a successful software project.

• Uses constraints in all phases of software development
• Follows recent developments in software technologies
• Technical coverage of data management issues and software verification
• Illustrated throughout to present analysis, specification, implementation and verification of multiple applications
• Includes end-of-chapter exercises and Instructor Presentation Slides

Suad Alagic holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has been Computer Science Professor at multiple universities for many years, and currently teaches at University of Southern Maine.

His research areas are Object-Oriented Software Systems, Database Systems, and Programming Languages and Systems. Suad Alagic previously published four books with Springer, including Object-Oriented Technology (ISBN 978-3-319-20441-3).

Dr. Alagic had research grants from NSF and DOD, and was an invited staff member of ODMG. He held visiting research positions at Microsoft Research and University of Tokyo. His extensive teaching experience includes a variety of object-oriented courses.