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Input/Output Abstraction of State Based Systems

Boiten, Eerke Albert (2004) Input/Output Abstraction of State Based Systems. Technical report. University of Kent (KAR id:14143)

Abstract

Abstraction of specifications is a method of making verification and validation of specifications and implementations more tractable. This paper considers the special case where the abstraction is defined by eliding input or output variables in state based specifications - in particular, conditions for such abstractions to be sound and complete with respect to a refinement semantics. Output abstractions turn out to be unconditionally sound, and combinations of output abstractions are complete in certain circumstances. Concrete results are developed in the state-based notation Z, and then considered in the underlying semantic framework and for similar languages.

Item Type: Reports and Papers (Technical report)
Uncontrolled keywords: refinement, Z, abstraction, IO refinement
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Eerke Boiten
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2008 18:02 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:52 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/14143 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Boiten, Eerke Albert.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9184-8968
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