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An animation of a formal specification language is seen as a useful aid for validating specifications. This paper describes differences between the type systems of the programming language Gödel and the Z notation and the implications this has for devising a set of rules for animation of Z via Gödel. A set of rules are outlined and future work is discussed whereby the correctness of the Gödel implementation could be established.
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West, M.M. (1995). Types and sets in Gödel and Z. In: Bowen, J.P., Hinchey, M.G. (eds) ZUM '95: The Z Formal Specification Notation. ZUM 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 967. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60271-2_132
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