Formal Methods In System Design

Journal Title：Formal Methods In System Design

The focus of this journal is on formal methods for designing, implementing, and validating the correctness of hardware (VLSI) and software systems. The stimulus for starting a journal with this goal came from both academia and industry. In both areas, interest in the use of formal methods has increased rapidly during the past few years. The enormous cost and time required to validate new designs has led to the realization that more powerful techniques must be developed. A number of techniques and tools are currently being devised for improving the reliability, and robustness of complex hardware and software systems. While the boundary between the (sub)components of a system that are cast in hardware, firmware, or software continues to blur, the relevant design disciplines and formal methods are maturing rapidly. Consequently, an important (and useful) collection of commonly applicable formal methods are expected to emerge that will strongly influence future design environments and design methods.

本期刊的重点是设计、实施和验证硬件（VLSI）和软件系统正确性的形式化方法。以此为目标创办期刊的动机来自学术界和工业界。在这两个领域，人们对使用形式化方法的兴趣在过去几年中迅速增加。验证新设计所需的巨大成本和时间使人们意识到必须开发更强大的技术。目前正在设计许多技术和工具来提高复杂硬件和软件系统的可靠性和稳健性。虽然系统中硬件、固件或软件的（子）组件之间的界限继续模糊，但相关的设计学科和形式化方法正在迅速成熟。因此，预计将出现一个重要（且有用）的常用形式化方法集合，这将对未来的设计环境和设计方法产生重大影响。

Formal Methods In System Design创刊于1992年，由Springer US出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖工程技术 - 计算机：理论方法全领域，此期刊水平偏中等偏靠后，在所属细分领域中专业影响力一般，过审相对较易，如果您文章质量佳，选择此期刊，发表机率较高。平均审稿速度 12周，或约稿 ，影响因子指数0.7，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。