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Nuno Silva , Francisco Moreira , João Carlos Cunha , Marco Vieira ·

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Following standards and applying good engineering practices during software development is not enough to guarantee defects free software, thus additional processes, such as Independent Software Verification and Validation (ISVV), are required in critical projects. The objective of ISVV is to provide complementary and independent assessments of the software artifacts in order to find residual defects and allow their correction in a timely manner. Independence is the most important concept of ISVV and it has been referred to and used in safety-critical domains such as civil aviation (DO-178B [ 1]), railway signalling systems (CENELEC [2]), and space missions (European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS), e.g., [3, 4]). However, such systems are still far from being perfect and it is common to hear about software bugs in aeronautics, train accidents caused by software problems, satellite systems that need to be patched after launch, and so on.

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