[SystemSafety] Correctness by Construction

[Michael Jackson]

Dewi: 

Yes: but how are requirements to be expressed and communicated to the software developers? And if the requirements are communicated, how are the software developers to reason reliably about the physical problem world where the important requirements are located and defined, and will---or will not---be satisfied? And is 'correctness' a proper word to use about artifacts in the physical world at the scales relevant to software engineering? 

Yours, 

-- Michael

> On 13 Jul 2020, at 20:55, Dewi Daniels <dewi.daniels at software-safety.com> wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> In the context of “Correctness by Construction”, I would say that Correctness means “compliance with requirements”.
> 
> Yours,
> Dewi
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 13:59, Michael Jackson <jacksonma at acm.org> wrote:
> Hoping for illuminating replies, I ask an open question. 
> 
> In the phrase "Correctness by Construction", what does 'correctness' mean? 
> 
> -- Michael
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