Refinement of objects and operations in Object-Z

Derrick, John and Boiten, Eerke Albert (2000) Refinement of objects and operations in Object-Z. In: Smith, Scott F. and Talcott, Carolyn L., eds. Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems IV IFIP TC6/WG6.1. Fourth International Conference on Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology . Springer, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, pp. 257-277. ISBN 978-1-4757-1018-2. E-ISBN 978-0-387-35520-7. (doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35520-7_13) (KAR id:21969)

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Abstract

In this paper we describe how we can refine both objects and operations in an Object-Z specification. In particular, we will be concerned with changes of granularity of both objects and operations. Objects in that we wish to change the structure of objects in a specification. Operations in that we wish to provide explicit support for action refinement in this language. There are clear advantages in being able to change such levels of granularity when performing a refinement. In this paper we discuss the issues surrounding such refinements and derive general rules to support their use. We illustrate our ideas by looking at a specification of a cash point machine at a bank.

Item Type:	Book section
DOI/Identification number:	10.1007/978-0-387-35520-7_13
Uncontrolled keywords:	Object-Z; refinement; action refinement; object structure
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:	12 Sep 2009 15:40 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2021 10:00 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21969 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Derrick, John.

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Boiten, Eerke Albert.

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