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Specifying Interactive Systems in Object-Z and CSP

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In this paper we use a semantic integration of Object-Z and CSP to formally specify interactive systems. Interactive systems can be viewed as composed of functionality, presentation and interaction with different notations appropriate to each aspect. A model-based notation such as Object-Z can be used for defining functionality and presentation but a behaviour-based notation such as CSP is required for explicit definition and analysis of operation traces. We present an example of using Object- Z and CSP together in this way. We are developing a framework for using such integrated specifications as a basis for testing interactive systems.

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  1. Software Verification Research Centre Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

    Ian MacColl & David Carrington

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga-Koen 6-1, 816, Fukuoka, Japan

    Keijiro Araki PhD

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of York, YO10 5DD, Heslington, York, Japan

    Andy Galloway PhD, MSc,BSc(Hons)

  3. Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga-Koen 6-1, 816, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kenji Taguchi MA

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MacColl, I., Carrington, D. (1999). Specifying Interactive Systems in Object-Z and CSP. In: Araki, K., Galloway, A., Taguchi, K. (eds) IFM’99. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0851-1_18

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