ZB 2000: Formal Specification and Development in Z and B First International Conference of B and Z Users York, UK, August 29 - September 2, 2000 Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bowen, Jonathan P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dunne, Steve (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Galloway, Andy (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), King, Steve (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1878
• Subjects: Software engineering.; Computer logic.; Computer programming.; Mathematical logic.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Software Engineering.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Programming Techniques.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference of B and Z Users, ZB 2000, held in York, UK in August/September 2000. The 25 revised full papers presented together with four invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The...

Table of Contents:

• Meeting the Challenge of Object-Oriented Programming
• A Formal Mapping between UML Models and Object-Z Specifications
• A Generic Process to Refine a B Specification into a Relational Database Implementation
• Recursive Schema Definitions in Object-Z
• On Mutually Recursive Free Types in Z
• Reasoning Inductively about Z Specifications via Unification
• Reconciling Axiomatic and Model-Based Specifications Using the B Method
• Compositional Structuring in the B-Method: A Logical Viewpoint of the Static Context
• Automatic Construction of Validated B Components from Structured Developments
• Playing with Abstraction and Refinement for Managing Features Interactions
• A Formal Architecture for the 3APL Agent Programming Language
• How to Drive a B Machine
• Deriving Software Specifications from Event Based Models
• Reformulate Dynamic Properties during B Refinement and Forget Variants and Loop Invariants
• Type-Constrained Generics for Z
• Typechecking Z
• Guards, Preconditions, and Refinement in Z
• Retrenchment, Refinement, and Simulation
• Performing Algorithmic Refinement before Data Refinement in B
• Program Development and Specification Refinement in the Schema Calculus
• Are Smart Cards the Ideal Domain for Applying Formal Methods
• Formal Methods for Industrial Products
• An Execution Architecture for GSL
• A Computation Model for Z Based on Concurrent Constraint Resolution
• Analysis of Compiled Code: A Prototype Formal Model
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• Segregation with Communication
• Closure Induction in a Z-Like Language
• Fuzzy Concepts and Formal Methods: A Fuzzy Logic Toolkit for Z.