Formal methods can be applied at various points through the development process.
Specification
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Formal methods are applied in different areas of hardware and software, including routers, Ethernet switches, routing protocols, security applications, and operating system See more

Semi-formal methods are formalisms and languages that are not considered fully "formal". It defers the task of completing the semantics to a … See more

Many problems in formal methods are NP-hard, but can be solved in cases arising in practice. For example, the boolean satisfiability problem See more

Formal methods includes a number of different techniques.
Specification languages
The design of a computing system can be expressed using a specification language, which is a formal language that includes a proof system. … See more

In software development, formal methods are mathematical approaches to solving software (and hardware) problems at the requirements, … See more

There are a variety of formal methods and notations available.
Specification languages
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