Refinement in Z and Object-Z
Foundations and Advanced Applications
1st Edition
Published on 6. December 2012
XVIII, 466 pages
978-1-4471-0257-1 (ISBN)
Description
Refinement is one of the cornerstones of the formal approach to software engineering, and its use in various domains has led to research on new applications and generalisation. This book brings together this important research in one volume, with the addition of examples drawn from different application areas. It covers four main themes:
- data refinement and its application to Z;
- generalisations of refinement that change the interface and atomicity of operations;
- refinement in Object-Z;
- and modelling state and behaviour by combining Object-Z with CSP.
Refinement in Z and Object-Z: Foundations and Advanced Applications provides an invaluable overview of recent research for academic and industrial researchers, lecturers teaching formal specification and development, industrial practitioners using formal methods in their work, and postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students.
- data refinement and its application to Z;
- generalisations of refinement that change the interface and atomicity of operations;
- refinement in Object-Z;
- and modelling state and behaviour by combining Object-Z with CSP.
Refinement in Z and Object-Z: Foundations and Advanced Applications provides an invaluable overview of recent research for academic and industrial researchers, lecturers teaching formal specification and development, industrial practitioners using formal methods in their work, and postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students.
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Content
I. Refining Z Specifications.- 1. An Introduction to Z.- 2. Simple Refinement.- 3. Data Refinement and Simulations.- 4. Refinement in Z.- 5. Calculating Refinements.- 6. Promotion.- 7. Testing and Refinement.- 8. A Single Simulation Rule.- II. Interfaces and Operations: ADTs Viewed in an Environment.- 9. Refinement, Observation and Modification.- 10. IO Refinement.- 11. Weak Refinement.- 12. Non-Atomic Refinement.- 13. Case Study: A Digital and Analogue Watch.- 14. Further Generalisations.- III. Object-Oriented Refinement.- 15. An Introduction to Object-Z.- 16. Refinement in Object-Z.- 17. Class Refinement.- IV. Modelling State and Behaviour.- 18. Combining CSF and Object-Z.- 19. Refining CSP and Object-Z Specifications.- 20. Conclusions.- Glossary of Notation.
