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To date most validation techniques are highly biased towards calculations involving symbolic representations of problems. These calculations are either formal (in the case of consistency and completeness checks), or informal in the case of code inspections. We believe that an essential type of “evidence” of the correctness of the formalization process must be provided by (i.e., must originate from) human-based calculation. We further believe that human calculation can be significantly amplified by shifting from symbolic representations to graphical representations. This paper describes our preliminary efforts in realizing such a representational shift.
This work was supported by the United States Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC04–94AL85000. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energy.
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Winter, V.L., Caudell, T.P. (2001). Using Virtual Reality to Validate System Models. In: Winter, V.L., Bhattacharya, S. (eds) High Integrity Software. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 577. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1391-9_12
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