Abstract:As modern complex computer systems become increasingly sophisticated and data-intensive, people have long recognized the importance of precisely and unambiguously specifying them with formal methods. This paper advocates the use of Object-Z, a formal specification language, in the description of complex systems. Object-Z is an extension to the Z language to facilitate specification in an object-oriented style. First, we informally describe the syntax and semantics of Object-Z, highlighting those features that … Show more
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