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Z User Workshop, Oxford 1990

Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Z User Meeting, Oxford, 17–18 December 1990

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Part of the book series: Workshops in Computing (WORKSHOPS COMP.)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Theory and Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Simpler Semantics for Z

      • P. H. B. Gardiner, P. J. Lupton, J. C. P. Woodcock
      Pages 3-11
    3. Promoting Forward Simulation

      • P. J. Lupton
      Pages 27-49
    4. Operation Schema Iterations

      • P. Luigi Iachini
      Pages 50-57
    5. Interference Revisited

      • C. B. Jones
      Pages 58-73
  3. Standards and Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. A Tool for Defining the Architecture of Z Specifications

      • Andy Coombes, John McDermid
      Pages 77-92
    3. CADiℤ — Computer Aided Design in Z

      • David Jordan, John McDermid, Ian Toyn
      Pages 93-104
    4. Machine support for Z: the zedB tool

      • Dave Neilson
      Pages 105-128
    5. The ZIP project

      • Brian Hepworth, Dan Simpson
      Pages 129-133
  4. Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. What is a Good Formal Specification?

      • Andrew Gravell
      Pages 137-150
    3. Modular Object-Oriented Z Specifications

      • Silvio Lemos Meira, Ana Lúcia C. Cavalcanti
      Pages 173-192
    4. An Approach to Object Oriented Specification using Z

      • P. J. Whysall, J. A. McDermid
      Pages 193-215
    5. Data Flow Diagrams and Z

      • Gill Randell
      Pages 216-227
    6. Using Yourdon and Z : an Approach to Formal Specification

      • Lesley Semmens, Pat Allen
      Pages 228-253
    7. A Case Study in Representing a Model: To Z or Not To Z?

      • Jonathan D. Moffett, Morris S. Sloman
      Pages 254-268

Editors and Affiliations

  • Programming Research Group, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, UK

    J. E. Nicholls

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