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Cleanroom Software Engineering

Cleanroom Software Engineering is a software development methodology developed by Mills, Dyer, and Linger in the 1980s that emphasizes defect prevention through formal specifications, code reviews, and statistical testing rather than debugging. Inspired by pharmaceutical manufacturing cleanrooms, the approach aims for near-zero-defect delivery.

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Cleanroom Software Engineering Methodology
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  • Mills, H. D., Dyer, M., & Linger, R. C. (1987). Cleanroom software engineering. IEEE Software, 4(5), 19–25. · DOI 10.1109/ms.1987.231413
  • Linger, R. C., & Mills, H. D. (1994). A case study in cleanroom software engineering: A NASA mission-critical application. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering. · URL
  • Dyer, M. (1992). The Cleanroom Approach to Quality Software Development. Wiley. · ISBN 0471547174
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