Formal methods and testing are two important approaches that assist in the development of high quality software. While traditionally these approaches have been seen as rivals, in recent
years a new consensus has developed in which they are seen as complementary. This article reviews the state of the art regarding ways in which the presence of a formal specification can be used to assist testing

Bogdanov, K

Bowen, JP

Cleaveland, R

Derrick, J

Dick, JH

Gheorghe, M

Harman, M

Hierons, RM

Kapoor, K

Krause, P

Luettgen, G

Simons, AJH

Vilkomir, S

Woodward, M

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