Building a refinement checker for Z

Autor: Anthony J.H. Simons, Siobhán North, John Derrick
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 55, Iss Proc. Refine 2011, Pp 37-52 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-2180
DOI: 10.4204/EPTCS.55.3
Popis: In previous work we have described how refinements can be checked using a temporal logic based model-checker, and how we have built a model-checker for Z by providing a translation of Z into the SAL input language. In this paper we draw these two strands of work together and discuss how we have implemented refinement checking in our Z2SAL toolset. The net effect of this work is that the SAL toolset can be used to check refinements between Z specifications supplied as input files written in the LaTeX mark-up. Two examples are used to illustrate the approach and compare it with a manual translation and refinement check.
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