CASL User Manual Introduction to Using the Common Algebraic Specification Language /

• Main Authors: Bidoit, Michel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Mosses, Peter D. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2900
• Subjects: Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer logic.; Software Engineering.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.

CASL, the Common Algebraic Specification Language, was designed by the members of CoFI, the Common Framework Initiative for algebraic specification and development, and is a general-purpose language for practical use in software development for specifying both requirements and design. CASL is alread...

Table of Contents:

• Background
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Underlying Concepts
• Casl Specifications
• 3 Getting Started
• 4 Partial Functions
• 5 Subsorting
• 6 Structuring Specifications
• 7 Generic Specifications
• 8 Specifying the Architecture of Implementations
• 9 Libraries
• Carrying On
• 10 Foundations
• 11 Tools
• 12 Basic Libraries
• 13 Case Study: The Steam-Boiler Control System
• Appendices
• A Casl Quick Reference
• B Points to Bear in Mind
• C The Steam-Boiler Control Specification Problem.