Cavalcanti, Ana L. C., Sampaio, Augusto C.A., Woodcock, Jim (1999) An Inconsistency in Procedures, Parameters and Substitution in the Refinement Calculus. Science of Computer Programming, 33 (1). pp. 87-96. ISSN 0167-6423. (doi:10.1016/S0167-6423(97)00015-4) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:21708)
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Abstract
Morgan and Back have proposed different formalisations of procedures and parameters in the context of techniques of program development based on refinement. In this paper, we investigate a surprising and intricate relationship between these works and the substitution operator that renames the free variables of a program. In this study, we reveal an inconsistency in Morgan's refinement calculus and show that Back's formalisation of procedures does not have the same problem.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/S0167-6423(97)00015-4 |
| 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: | Mark Wheadon |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2010 16:35 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:00 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21708 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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