ZUM'97: The Z Formal Specification Notation 10th International Conference of Z Users, Reading, UK, April, 3-4, 1997, Proceedings /

ZUM'97: The Z Formal Specification Notation 10th International Conference of Z Users, Reading, UK, April, 3-4, 1997, Proceedings /

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Z Users, ZUM'97, held in Reading, UK, in April 1997. The volume presents 18 revised full papers together with three invited presentations by internationally leading experts. The papers are organized into topi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bowen, Jonathan P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hinchey, Michael G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Till, David (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
Edition:1st ed. 1997.
Series:Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1212
Subjects:
Software engineering.
Programming languages (Electronic computers).
Computer science-Mathematics.
Algorithms.
Computer programming.
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.
Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.
Software Engineering.
Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation.
Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.
Programming Techniques.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Formal methods: A panacea or academic poppycock?
  • An introduction to the event calculus
  • Experiences with PiZA, an Animator for Z
  • Automating test case generation from Z specifications with Isabelle
  • The Z/EVES system
  • Taking Z seriously
  • A formal OO method inspired by Fusion and Object-Z
  • W Reconstructed
  • Using the rippling heuristic in set membership proofs
  • A practical method for rigorously controllable hardware design
  • Integrating VDM++ and real-time system design
  • An approach to the design of distributed systems with B AMN
  • Specifying reactive systems in B AMN
  • An improved recipe for specifying reactive systems in Z
  • A Z specification of the soft-link hypertext model
  • Experience with Z developing a control program for a radiation therapy machine
  • Preliminary evaluation of a formal approach to user interface specification
  • Analyzing and refining an architectural style
  • Weak refinement in Z
  • Select Z bibliography
  • Comp.specification.z and Z FORUM frequently asked questions.

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