Software Specification Methods
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2006
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418 pages
978-1-905209-34-7 (ISBN)
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This title provides a clear overview of the main methods, and has a practical focus that allows the reader to apply their knowledge to real-life situations. The following are just some of the techniques covered: UML, Z, TLA+, SAZ, B, OMT, VHDL, Estelle, SDL and LOTOS.
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Content
Preface vii
List of Contributors xxiii
Part I State-Based Approaches 1
1 Z 3
Jonathan P. Bowen
1.1 Overview of the Z notation 3
1.1.1 The process of producing a Z specification 4
1.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 5
1.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 13
1.4 Validation of the specification 16
1.5 The natural language description of the specifications 18
1.6 Conclusion 18
2 SAZ 21
Fiona Polack
2.1 Overview of the SAZ method 21
2.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 22
2.2.1 Z specification 24
2.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 28
2.4 Natural language description of the specifications 37
2.4.1 Case 1 37
2.4.2 Case 2 37
2.5 Conclusions 38
3 B 41
Hassan Diab and Marc Frappier
3.1 Overview of the B notation 41
3.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 42
3.2.1 Identifying operations 42
3.2.2 Defining the state space 44
3.2.3 Defining the behavior of the invoicing operation 46
3.2.4 The Product1 machine 49
3.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 51
3.3.1 Identifying operations 51
3.3.2 The Product2 machine 51
3.3.3 The Invoicing2 machine 52
3.4 Validation of the specification 54
3.5 The natural language description of the specifications 55
3.5.1 Case 1 55
3.5.2 Case 2 55
3.6 Conclusion 56
4 From UML Diagrams to B Specifications 59
Regine Laleau and Amel Mammar
4.1 Overview of the method 59
4.1.1 Summary of the B method 59
4.1.2 Data specification 60
4.1.3 Transaction specification 61
4.2 Specification of case 1 64
4.2.1 The class diagram and its B representation 64
4.2.2 Transaction specification 66
4.3 Specification of case 2 69
4.3.1 Transactions specification 69
4.3.2 The formal specification 72
4.4 Validation 76
4.5 The natural-language description of the specifications 77
4.5.1 Case 1 77
4.5.2 Case 2 77
4.6 Conclusion 77
5 UML+Z: Augmenting UML with Z 81
Nuno Amalio, Fiona Polack, and Susan Stepney
5.1 Overview of UML+ Z 81
5.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 82
5.2.1 UML class model 82
5.2.2 UML state models 83
5.2.3 The Z model 84
5.2.4 Checking model consistency 88
5.2.5 Validating the model 89
5.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 90
5.3.1 Entries of new orders 90
5.3.2 Cancellation of orders 94
5.3.3 Entries of quantities into stock 96
5.4 Natural language description of the specification 101
5.4.1 Case 1 101
5.4.2 Case 2 101
5.5 Conclusion 101
6 ASM 103
Egon Boerger, Angelo Gargantini and Elvinia Riccobene
6.1 Overview of the ASM 103
6.2 Requirements capture and specification of case 1 104
6.2.1 Identifying the agents 104
6.2.2 Identifying the states 105
6.2.3 Identifying static and dynamic parts of the states 105
6.2.4 Identifying the transitions 107
6.2.5 Identifying the initial and final states 111
6.2.6 Exceptions handling and robustness 111
6.2.7 Identifying the desired properties (validation/verification) 112
6.3 Requirements capture and specification of case 2 114
6.4 The natural language description of the specification 118
6.4.1 Case 1 118
6.4.2 Case 2 118
6.5 Conclusion 118
7 TLA+ 121
Leslie Lamport
7.1 Overview of TLA+ 121
7.1.1 TLA 121
7.1.2 TLA+ versus Z 122
7.2 A specification of case 2 124
7.3 The problematic case 1 131
7.4 Validation of the specification 132
7.5 Satisfying the specification 133
7.6 The natural language description 134
7.7 Conclusion 134
Part II Event-Based Approaches 137
8 Action Systems 139
Jane Sinclair
8.1 Overview of action systems 139
8.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 140
8.2.1 Modeling the state of the action system 140
8.2.2 Defining the actions 143
8.2.3 An action system for case 1 146
8.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 147
8.3.1 Modeling the state for case 2 147
8.3.2 Defining the actions 147
8.3.3 An action system for case 2 150
8.4 Verification for action systems 151
8.5 The natural language description of the specification 153
8.5.1 Case 1 153
8.5.2 Case 2 153
8.6 Conclusion 153
9 Event B 157
Dominique Cansell and Dominique Mery
9.1 Introduction 157
9.2 Analyzing the text of the case study 158
9.3 Event-based modeling 164
9.4 Modeling the first event B model Case 1 167
9.5 Model refinement 170
9.6 Modeling the second event B model Case 2 by refinement of Case 1 171
9.7 The natural language description of the event B models 175
9.8 Conclusion 175
10 VHDL 179
Laurence Pierre
10.1 Overview of VHDL 179
10.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 181
10.2.1 Identifying data structures 181
10.2.2 Identifying operations 182
10.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 186
10.4 The natural language description of the specification 193
10.4.1 Case 1 193
10.4.2 Case 2 194
10.5 Conclusion 194
11 Estelle 197
Eric Lallett and Jean-Luc Raffy
11.1 Overview of the FDT Estelle 197
11.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 198
11.2.1 Defining the architecture of the specification 198
11.2.2 Defining the behavior 200
11.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 204
11.3.1 Defining the new architecture 204
11.3.2 Defining the behavior 205
11.4 Validating the specification 210
11.5 The natural language description of the specifications 210
11.5.1 Case 1 210
11.5.2 Case 2 210
11.6 JEstelle (Estelle with Java) 212
11.7 Conclusion 212
12 SDL 215
Pascal Poizat
12.1 Overview of SDL 215
12.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 216
12.2.1 System structure 216
12.2.2 Process graphs 219
12.2.3 Sort definitions 221
12.2.4 Comments on the first case study 225
12.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 225
12.3.1 System structure 225
12.3.2 Process graphs 227
12.3.3 Sort definitions 228
12.4 The natural language description of the specifications 230
12.4.1 Case 1 230
12.4.2 Case 2 230
12.5 Conclusion 230
13 E-LOTOS 233
Kenneth J. Turner and Mihaela Sighireanu
13.1 Overview of the LOTOS notation and method 233
13.1.1 The LOTOS and E-LOTOS languages 233
13.1.2 Requirements capture in LOTOS 234
13.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 236
13.2.1 Analysis 236
13.2.2 Specification 237
13.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 237
13.3.1 Analysis 238
13.3.2 Specification 242
13.4 Validation and verification of the LOTOS specifications 250
13.4.1 Validation 250
13.4.2 Verification 251
13.5 Natural language description of the specifications 255
13.5.1 Case 1 255
13.5.2 Case 2 255
13.6 Conclusion 255
14 EB3 259
Frederic Gervais, Marc Frappier and Richard St-Denis
14.1 Introduction 259
14.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 260
14.2.1 Entity types and actions 260
14.2.2 Process expressions 262
14.2.3 Input-output rules 262
14.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 263
14.3.1 Entity types, associations and actions 263
14.3.2 Process expressions 266
14.3.3 Input-output rules 268
14.3.4 Attribute definitions 268
14.4 The natural language description of the specification 271
14.4.1 Case 1 271
14.4.2 Case 2 272
14.5 Conclusion 272
Part III Other Formal Approaches 275
15 CASL 277
Hubert Baumeister and Didier Bert
15.1 Overview of the CASL notation 277
15.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 278
15.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 283
15.4 Architectural specification 289
15.5 The natural language description of the specification 290
15.5.1 Case 1 290
15.5.2 Case 2 290
15.6 Conclusion 291
16 Coq 293
Philippe Chavin and Jean-Franc?is Monin
16.1 Introduction to Coq 293
16.2 Analysis of the text 294
16.2.1 Stock and orders 294
16.2.2 Operations 295
16.2.3 Requirements on quantities 296
16.3 A specification for case1 296
16.3.1 Basic types 296
16.3.2 State and operation 298
16.3.3 Operation "invoice" 298
16.4 A specification for case2 300
16.4.1 Using general operations over sets 300
16.4.2 Reference-dependent measure systems 302
16.5 Experimenting with the specification 304
16.5.1 Refining 304
16.6 Running an example 306
16.7 Rephrasing the text 307
16.8 Conclusion 308
17 Petri Nets 311
Annie Choquet-Geniet and Pascal Richard
17.1 Overview of Petrinets 311
17.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 312
17.2.1 One order with a data/action approach 313
17.2.2 One order with a structural approach 316
17.2.3 Several orders 319
17.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 322
17.3.1 Entry flow in stocks 322
17.3.2 Flows of orders 323
17.4 Validation of the specification 324
17.5 The natural language description of the specifications 326
17.5.1 Case 1 326
17.5.2 Case 2 326
17.6 Conclusion 326
18 Petri Nets with Objects 329
Christophe Sibertin-Blanc
18.1 Introduction 329
18.2 A conceptual framework for the representation of systems 330
18.3 Case 1 332
18.4 The system's interface 332
18.5 The components of the system's structure 333
18.6 The Entities 335
18.7 The Operations 338
18.8 The Actors 339
18.9 The Control Structure 340
18.10 Natural language description of the specifications 345
18.11 Comments about our treatment of the case study 346
Part IV Comparison and Glossary 351
19 A Comparison of the Specification Methods 353
Marc Frappier, Henri Habrias and Pascal Poizat
19.1 Attributes of specification methods 353
19.1.1 Paradigm 353
19.1.2 Formality 356
19.1.3 Graphical representation 357
19.1.4 Object oriented 357
19.1.5 Concurrency 357
19.1.6 Executability 357
19.1.7 Usage of variables 357
19.1.8 Non-determinism 357
19.1.9 Logic 358
19.1.10 Provability 358
19.1.11 Model checking 358
19.1.12 Event inhibition 358
19.2 A qualitative description of the methods 359
20 Glossary 365
Henri Habrias, Pascal Poizat and Marc Frappier
Index 411
List of Contributors xxiii
Part I State-Based Approaches 1
1 Z 3
Jonathan P. Bowen
1.1 Overview of the Z notation 3
1.1.1 The process of producing a Z specification 4
1.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 5
1.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 13
1.4 Validation of the specification 16
1.5 The natural language description of the specifications 18
1.6 Conclusion 18
2 SAZ 21
Fiona Polack
2.1 Overview of the SAZ method 21
2.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 22
2.2.1 Z specification 24
2.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 28
2.4 Natural language description of the specifications 37
2.4.1 Case 1 37
2.4.2 Case 2 37
2.5 Conclusions 38
3 B 41
Hassan Diab and Marc Frappier
3.1 Overview of the B notation 41
3.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 42
3.2.1 Identifying operations 42
3.2.2 Defining the state space 44
3.2.3 Defining the behavior of the invoicing operation 46
3.2.4 The Product1 machine 49
3.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 51
3.3.1 Identifying operations 51
3.3.2 The Product2 machine 51
3.3.3 The Invoicing2 machine 52
3.4 Validation of the specification 54
3.5 The natural language description of the specifications 55
3.5.1 Case 1 55
3.5.2 Case 2 55
3.6 Conclusion 56
4 From UML Diagrams to B Specifications 59
Regine Laleau and Amel Mammar
4.1 Overview of the method 59
4.1.1 Summary of the B method 59
4.1.2 Data specification 60
4.1.3 Transaction specification 61
4.2 Specification of case 1 64
4.2.1 The class diagram and its B representation 64
4.2.2 Transaction specification 66
4.3 Specification of case 2 69
4.3.1 Transactions specification 69
4.3.2 The formal specification 72
4.4 Validation 76
4.5 The natural-language description of the specifications 77
4.5.1 Case 1 77
4.5.2 Case 2 77
4.6 Conclusion 77
5 UML+Z: Augmenting UML with Z 81
Nuno Amalio, Fiona Polack, and Susan Stepney
5.1 Overview of UML+ Z 81
5.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 82
5.2.1 UML class model 82
5.2.2 UML state models 83
5.2.3 The Z model 84
5.2.4 Checking model consistency 88
5.2.5 Validating the model 89
5.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 90
5.3.1 Entries of new orders 90
5.3.2 Cancellation of orders 94
5.3.3 Entries of quantities into stock 96
5.4 Natural language description of the specification 101
5.4.1 Case 1 101
5.4.2 Case 2 101
5.5 Conclusion 101
6 ASM 103
Egon Boerger, Angelo Gargantini and Elvinia Riccobene
6.1 Overview of the ASM 103
6.2 Requirements capture and specification of case 1 104
6.2.1 Identifying the agents 104
6.2.2 Identifying the states 105
6.2.3 Identifying static and dynamic parts of the states 105
6.2.4 Identifying the transitions 107
6.2.5 Identifying the initial and final states 111
6.2.6 Exceptions handling and robustness 111
6.2.7 Identifying the desired properties (validation/verification) 112
6.3 Requirements capture and specification of case 2 114
6.4 The natural language description of the specification 118
6.4.1 Case 1 118
6.4.2 Case 2 118
6.5 Conclusion 118
7 TLA+ 121
Leslie Lamport
7.1 Overview of TLA+ 121
7.1.1 TLA 121
7.1.2 TLA+ versus Z 122
7.2 A specification of case 2 124
7.3 The problematic case 1 131
7.4 Validation of the specification 132
7.5 Satisfying the specification 133
7.6 The natural language description 134
7.7 Conclusion 134
Part II Event-Based Approaches 137
8 Action Systems 139
Jane Sinclair
8.1 Overview of action systems 139
8.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 140
8.2.1 Modeling the state of the action system 140
8.2.2 Defining the actions 143
8.2.3 An action system for case 1 146
8.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 147
8.3.1 Modeling the state for case 2 147
8.3.2 Defining the actions 147
8.3.3 An action system for case 2 150
8.4 Verification for action systems 151
8.5 The natural language description of the specification 153
8.5.1 Case 1 153
8.5.2 Case 2 153
8.6 Conclusion 153
9 Event B 157
Dominique Cansell and Dominique Mery
9.1 Introduction 157
9.2 Analyzing the text of the case study 158
9.3 Event-based modeling 164
9.4 Modeling the first event B model Case 1 167
9.5 Model refinement 170
9.6 Modeling the second event B model Case 2 by refinement of Case 1 171
9.7 The natural language description of the event B models 175
9.8 Conclusion 175
10 VHDL 179
Laurence Pierre
10.1 Overview of VHDL 179
10.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 181
10.2.1 Identifying data structures 181
10.2.2 Identifying operations 182
10.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 186
10.4 The natural language description of the specification 193
10.4.1 Case 1 193
10.4.2 Case 2 194
10.5 Conclusion 194
11 Estelle 197
Eric Lallett and Jean-Luc Raffy
11.1 Overview of the FDT Estelle 197
11.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 198
11.2.1 Defining the architecture of the specification 198
11.2.2 Defining the behavior 200
11.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 204
11.3.1 Defining the new architecture 204
11.3.2 Defining the behavior 205
11.4 Validating the specification 210
11.5 The natural language description of the specifications 210
11.5.1 Case 1 210
11.5.2 Case 2 210
11.6 JEstelle (Estelle with Java) 212
11.7 Conclusion 212
12 SDL 215
Pascal Poizat
12.1 Overview of SDL 215
12.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 216
12.2.1 System structure 216
12.2.2 Process graphs 219
12.2.3 Sort definitions 221
12.2.4 Comments on the first case study 225
12.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 225
12.3.1 System structure 225
12.3.2 Process graphs 227
12.3.3 Sort definitions 228
12.4 The natural language description of the specifications 230
12.4.1 Case 1 230
12.4.2 Case 2 230
12.5 Conclusion 230
13 E-LOTOS 233
Kenneth J. Turner and Mihaela Sighireanu
13.1 Overview of the LOTOS notation and method 233
13.1.1 The LOTOS and E-LOTOS languages 233
13.1.2 Requirements capture in LOTOS 234
13.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 236
13.2.1 Analysis 236
13.2.2 Specification 237
13.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 237
13.3.1 Analysis 238
13.3.2 Specification 242
13.4 Validation and verification of the LOTOS specifications 250
13.4.1 Validation 250
13.4.2 Verification 251
13.5 Natural language description of the specifications 255
13.5.1 Case 1 255
13.5.2 Case 2 255
13.6 Conclusion 255
14 EB3 259
Frederic Gervais, Marc Frappier and Richard St-Denis
14.1 Introduction 259
14.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 260
14.2.1 Entity types and actions 260
14.2.2 Process expressions 262
14.2.3 Input-output rules 262
14.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 263
14.3.1 Entity types, associations and actions 263
14.3.2 Process expressions 266
14.3.3 Input-output rules 268
14.3.4 Attribute definitions 268
14.4 The natural language description of the specification 271
14.4.1 Case 1 271
14.4.2 Case 2 272
14.5 Conclusion 272
Part III Other Formal Approaches 275
15 CASL 277
Hubert Baumeister and Didier Bert
15.1 Overview of the CASL notation 277
15.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 278
15.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 283
15.4 Architectural specification 289
15.5 The natural language description of the specification 290
15.5.1 Case 1 290
15.5.2 Case 2 290
15.6 Conclusion 291
16 Coq 293
Philippe Chavin and Jean-Franc?is Monin
16.1 Introduction to Coq 293
16.2 Analysis of the text 294
16.2.1 Stock and orders 294
16.2.2 Operations 295
16.2.3 Requirements on quantities 296
16.3 A specification for case1 296
16.3.1 Basic types 296
16.3.2 State and operation 298
16.3.3 Operation "invoice" 298
16.4 A specification for case2 300
16.4.1 Using general operations over sets 300
16.4.2 Reference-dependent measure systems 302
16.5 Experimenting with the specification 304
16.5.1 Refining 304
16.6 Running an example 306
16.7 Rephrasing the text 307
16.8 Conclusion 308
17 Petri Nets 311
Annie Choquet-Geniet and Pascal Richard
17.1 Overview of Petrinets 311
17.2 Analysis and specification of case 1 312
17.2.1 One order with a data/action approach 313
17.2.2 One order with a structural approach 316
17.2.3 Several orders 319
17.3 Analysis and specification of case 2 322
17.3.1 Entry flow in stocks 322
17.3.2 Flows of orders 323
17.4 Validation of the specification 324
17.5 The natural language description of the specifications 326
17.5.1 Case 1 326
17.5.2 Case 2 326
17.6 Conclusion 326
18 Petri Nets with Objects 329
Christophe Sibertin-Blanc
18.1 Introduction 329
18.2 A conceptual framework for the representation of systems 330
18.3 Case 1 332
18.4 The system's interface 332
18.5 The components of the system's structure 333
18.6 The Entities 335
18.7 The Operations 338
18.8 The Actors 339
18.9 The Control Structure 340
18.10 Natural language description of the specifications 345
18.11 Comments about our treatment of the case study 346
Part IV Comparison and Glossary 351
19 A Comparison of the Specification Methods 353
Marc Frappier, Henri Habrias and Pascal Poizat
19.1 Attributes of specification methods 353
19.1.1 Paradigm 353
19.1.2 Formality 356
19.1.3 Graphical representation 357
19.1.4 Object oriented 357
19.1.5 Concurrency 357
19.1.6 Executability 357
19.1.7 Usage of variables 357
19.1.8 Non-determinism 357
19.1.9 Logic 358
19.1.10 Provability 358
19.1.11 Model checking 358
19.1.12 Event inhibition 358
19.2 A qualitative description of the methods 359
20 Glossary 365
Henri Habrias, Pascal Poizat and Marc Frappier
Index 411