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  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to formal methods for modeling and analyzing software system requirements

Overview

Constance L. Heitmeyer is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on areas including Software, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Formal Methods in Verification
  • Software Reliability and Analysis Research
  • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques

Heitmeyer has contributed to the academic community through several papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Formal Methods for Specifying, Validating, and Verifying Requirements," published in 2020 in the Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • "Applying the SCR Requirements Method to the Light Control Case Study," published in 2020 in the TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)

Their frequent co-author is Ramesh Bharadwaj.

Heitmeyer has published in venues such as:

  • Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)

In recognition of their work, Heitmeyer was named an IEEE Fellow in 2015, cited specifically for contributions to formal methods for modeling and analyzing software system requirements.

Best Publications

  • Automated consistency checking of requirements specifications

    Constance L. Heitmeyer;Ralph D. Jeffords;Bruce G. Labaw

  • Using model checking to generate tests from requirements specifications

    Angelo Gargantini;Constance Heitmeyer

  • Using abstraction and model checking to detect safety violations in requirements specifications

    C. Heitmeyer;J. Kirby;B. Labaw;M. Archer

  • A security model for military message systems

    Carl E. Landwehr;Constance L. Heitmeyer;John McLean

  • Formal Methods for Real-Time Computing: an Overview

    C. Heitmeyer;D. Mandrioli

  • SCR: A Toolset for Specifying and Analyzing Software Requirements.

    C. Heitmeyer;J. Kirby;B. Labaw;R. Bharadwaj

  • Model Checking Complete Requirements Specifications Using Abstraction

    Ramesh Bharadwaj;Constance L. Heitmeyer

  • SCR: a toolset for specifying and analyzing requirements

    C. Heitmeyer;A. Bull;C. Gasarch;B. Labaw

  • Consistency checking of SCR-style requirements specifications

    C. Heitmeyer;B. Labaw;D. Kiskis

  • Formal Methods for Real-Time Computing

    Constance Heitmeyer;Dino Mandrioli

  • Requirements Engineering and Technology Transfer: Obstacles, Incentives and Improvement Agenda

    Hermann Kaindl;Sjaak Brinkkemper;Janis A. Bubenko;Barbara Farbey

  • The generalized railroad crossing: a case study in formal verification of real-time systems

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  • Using Model Checking to Generate Tests from Requirements Specifications

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  • On the Need for Practical Formal Methods

    Constance L. Heitmeyer

  • A Benchmark for Comparing Different Approaches for Specifying and Verifying Real-Time Systems

    C. L. Heitmeyer;B. G. Labaw;R. D. Jeffords

  • Applying Formal Methods to a Certifiably Secure Software System

    C.L. Heitmeyer;M.M. Archer;E.I. Leonard;J.D. McLean

  • Software Cost Reduction

    Constance L. Heitmeyer

  • Tools for formal specification, verification, and validation of requirements

    C. Heitmeyer;J. Kirby;B. Labaw

  • Automatic generation of state invariants from requirements specifications

    Ralph Jeffords;Constance Heitmeyer

  • Formal specification and verification of data separation in a separation kernel for an embedded system

    Constance L. Heitmeyer;Myla Archer;Elizabeth I. Leonard;John McLean

  • Tools for constructing requirements specifications: the SCR Toolset at the age of nine.

    Constance L. Heitmeyer;Myla Archer;Ramesh Bharadwaj;Ralph D. Jeffords

  • Evaluating two aspects of direct manipulation in advanced cockpits

    James A. Ballas;Constance L. Heitmeyer;Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones

  • TAME: A PVS Interface to Simplify Proofs for Automata Models

    Myla Archer;Constance Heitmeyer;Steve Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Kirby
James T. Kirby University of Delaware
Tevfik Bultan
Tevfik Bultan University of California, Santa Barbara
Bernhard Rumpe
Bernhard Rumpe RWTH Aachen University
Klaus Pohl
Klaus Pohl University of Duisburg-Essen
David W. Aha
David W. Aha United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jan Jürjens
Jan Jürjens University of Koblenz and Landau
Daniel Mosse
Daniel Mosse University of Pittsburgh
Kevin Jeffay
Kevin Jeffay University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sjaak Brinkkemper
Sjaak Brinkkemper Utrecht University
J. Gregory Trafton
J. Gregory Trafton United States Naval Research Laboratory

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