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Comparing LOTOS and Z refinement relations

Derrick, John, Bowman, Howard, Boiten, Eerke Albert, Steen, Maarten (1996) Comparing LOTOS and Z refinement relations. In: Formal Description Techniques IX: Theory, application and tools, IFIP TC6 WG6.1 International Conference on Formal Description Techniques IX / Protocol Specification, Testing and Verification XVI. . pp. 501-516. Chapman & Hall, Kaiserslautern, Germany ISBN 0-412-79490-X. (doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35079-0_32) (KAR id:21330)

Abstract

This paper compares the LOTOS and Z refinement relations. The motivation for such a comparison is the use of multiple viewpoints for specifying complex systems defined by the reference model of the Open Distributed Processing (ODP) standardization initiative. The ODP architectural semantics describes the application of formal description techniques (FDTs) to the specification of ODP systems. Of the available FDTs, Z is likely to be used for at least the information, and possibly other, viewpoints, whilst LOTOS is a strong candidate for use in the computational viewpoint. Mechanisms are clearly needed to support the parallel development, and integration of, viewpoints using these FDTs. We compare the LOTOS bisimulation relations and the reduction relations to the Z refinement relation showing that failure-traces refinement corresponds closely to refinement in Z.

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Paper)
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-0-387-35079-0_32
Uncontrolled keywords: LOTOS, Z, 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: 26 Aug 2009 18:32 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2023 11:29 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21330 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Derrick, John.

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Bowman, Howard.

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Boiten, Eerke Albert.

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Steen, Maarten.

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