Using Z.Specification,refinement,and proof
β Scribed by Jim Woodcock, Jim Davies
- Book ID
- 127458870
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Series
- Prentice-Hall International Series in Computer Science
- Category
- Library
- ISBN
- 0139484728
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β¦ Synopsis
This book contains enough mnaterial for three complete courses of study. It provides an introduction to the world of logic, sets and relations. It explains the use of the Znotation in the specification of realistic systems. It shows how Z specifications may be refined to produce executable code; this is demonstrated in a selection of case studies. The essentials of specification, refinement and proof are covered, revealing techniques never previously published. Exercises, Solutions and set of Tranparencies are available via http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/usingz.html
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
This paper describes the rationale for integrating a structured systems analysis method (SSADM, version 4) and a formal notation (Z). It introduces the SAZ Method and shows how this can be used to add rigour to the specification of the system state and processing in SSADM. The paper concludes by sum