In any serious engineering discipline, it would be unthinkable to construct a large system without having a precise notion of what is to be built and without verifying how the system is expected to function. Software engineering is no different in this respect.

Formal methods involve the use of mathematical notation and calculus in software development; such methods are difficult to apply to large-scale systems with practical constraints (e.g., limited developer skills, time and budget restrictions, changing requirements). Here Liu claims that formal engineering methods may bridge this gap. He advocates the incorporation of mathematical notation into the software engineering process, thus substantially improving the rigor, comprehensibility and effectiveness of the methods commonly used in industry.

This book provides an introduction to the SOFL (Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language) method that was designed and industry-tested by the author. Written in a style suitable for lecture courses or for use by professionals, there are numerous exercises and a significant real-world case study, so the readers are provided with all the knowledge and examples needed to successfully apply the method in their own projects.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2015, held in Paris, France, in November 2015. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The focus of this workshops was on following subjects: Modeling, specification, verification, model checking, testing, debugging, transformation, and algorithm.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the Third International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2013, held in Queenstown, New Zealand, in October 2013. The 13 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on testing and verification, simulation and model checking, SOFL tools, and formal specification and application.

Formal engineering methods are intended to o?er e?ective means for integ- tion of formal methods and practical software development technologies in the context of software engineering. Their purpose is to provide e?ective, rigorous, and systematic techniques for signi?cant improvement of software productivity, quality, and tool supportability. In comparison with formal methods, a distinct feature of formal engineering methods is that they emphasize the importance of the balance between the qualities of simplicity, visualization, and preciseness for practicality. To achieve this goal, formal engineering methods must be - veloped on the basis of both formal methods and existing software technologies in software engineering, and they must serve the improvement of the softwa- engineering process. ICFEM 2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the ?rst ICFEM conference, which was held in Hiroshima in 1997. It aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who are interested in the development and application of formal engineering methods to present their latest work and discuss future research directions. The conference o?ers a great opportunity for researchers in both formal methods and software engineering to exchange their ideas, experience, expectation and to ?nd out whether and how their research results can help advance the state of the art.

In any serious engineering discipline, it would be unthinkable to construct a large system without having a precise notion of what is to be built and without verifying how the system is expected to function. Software engineering is no different in this respect.

Formal methods involve the use of mathematical notation and calculus in software development; such methods are difficult to apply to large-scale systems with practical constraints (e.g., limited developer skills, time and budget restrictions, changing requirements). Here Liu claims that formal engineering methods may bridge this gap. He advocates the incorporation of mathematical notation into the software engineering process, thus substantially improving the rigor, comprehensibility and effectiveness of the methods commonly used in industry.

This book provides an introduction to the SOFL (Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language) method that was designed and industry-tested by the author. Written in a style suitable for lecture courses or for use by professionals, there are numerous exercises and a significant real-world case study, so the readers are provided with all the knowledge and examples needed to successfully apply the method in their own projects.

This book constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2020, held in Singapore, in March 2021. The 13 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: modeling and specification; model checking; specification and verification; and testing and formal verification.Due to the Corona pandemic this event was held virtually.

This book constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2022, held in Madrid, in October 2022. The 12 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Model Checking & Markov Decision Process; Model Analysis & Tool Implementation; Formal Specification & Testing; Algorithms & Verification.   .

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2019, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2019. The 23 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: testing and debugging, formal verification, problem solving, software analysis and evolution, and software analysis and testing.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2016, held in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2016. The 27 revised full papers presented together with three invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The conference focuses in all areas related to formal engineering meth-ods, such as verification and validation, software engineering, formal specification and modeling, software security, and software reliability.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2018, held in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, in November 2018. The 11 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: programming and testing; verification and validation; semantics; and blockchain.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2017, held in Xi'an, China, in November 2017. The 13 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: animation and prototyping; graph theory; model checking; modeling and specification; and verification and validation.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 6th International Workshop on Structures Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2016, held in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2016. The 13 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: modeling and specification; animation and prototyping; verification and validation; and model checking.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2014, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, in November 2014. The 12 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on testing and inspection; model checking and animation; education and verification; and semantics and analysis.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language, SOFL 2012, held in Kyoto, Japan, in November 2012. The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book and address the following topics of interest: testing and tools; tools for specification; model checking; and application and prototyping.