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A detailed example is given of how a formal specification language has been used to specify an international banking standard on message authentication. It illustrates how a specification language can be used to specify and validate a standard.
The work described in this report demonstrates the application of formal methods to the standards area and it is recommended that formal methods should be used in the formulation and description of appropriate standards.
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Parkin, G.I., O'Neill, G. (1991). Specification of the MAA standard in VDM. In: Prehn, S., Toetenel, W.J. (eds) VDM'91 Formal Software Development Methods. VDM 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 551. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54834-3_31
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