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Software support for the refinement of VDM specifications

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VDM '88 VDM — The Way Ahead (VDM 1988)

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A tool set is described which supports the use of VDM in software development. The tool set aids the user both in the construction of VDM specifications and in the refinement of such specifications. A proof checker is included which checks the correctness of the associated proofs. Design decisions necessary to allow automated support of the refinement process are discussed.

The dialect of Meta-IV supported is that described by Jones in [Joines 86].

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast

    P. Kilpatrick & P. McParland

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Robin E. Bloomfield Lynn S. Marshall Roger B. Jones

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Kilpatrick, P., McParland, P. (1988). Software support for the refinement of VDM specifications. In: Bloomfield, R.E., Marshall, L.S., Jones, R.B. (eds) VDM '88 VDM — The Way Ahead. VDM 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 328. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50214-9_28

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