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IO - refinement in Z

Boiten, Eerke Albert, Derrick, John (1998) IO - refinement in Z. In: 3rd Northern Formal MethodsWorkshop,, 1998. (KAR id:21600)

Abstract

We present a generalisation of data refinement in Z, called IO-refinement, that allows changes in input and output parameters of operations. Several informal motivations for the desirability of such a refinement relation are given, followed by a formal derivation that demonstrates its theoretical soundness. It is proved that IO-refinement indeed generalizes data refinement. Several theorems are presented that give sufficient conditions for IO-refinement to hold in simpler situations, e.g. just adding inputs and outputs. Some examples of the use of IO-refinement are also given. http://www1.bcs.org.uk/DocsRepository/02700/2702/boiten.pdf on BCS website; see also chapter 10 in /pubs/2001/1200/.

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Paper)
Additional information: http://www.ewic.org.uk/
Uncontrolled keywords: data refinement, Z, interface refinement, input/output
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: 25 Aug 2009 15:46 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:59 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21600 (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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Derrick, John.

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