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Classification of Refinements in VDM

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5th Refinement Workshop

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A classification of different kinds of VDM refinements is given. Based on this classification a more appealing explanation of an example from the VDM literature can be given.

The work on this paper has been supported by The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF).

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

    Morten Elvang-Gøransson

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK

    Cliff B. Jones DPhil

  2. Lloyd’s Register House, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 29 Wellesley Road, CR0 2AJ, Croydon, Surrey, UK

    Roger C. Shaw GIMA, MBCS

  3. Translimina Ltd, 37 Orpington Road, N21 3PD, Winchmore Hill, London, UK

    Tim Denvir MA, CEng, MIEE, MBCS

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Elvang-Gøransson, M. (1992). Classification of Refinements in VDM. In: Jones, C.B., Shaw, R.C., Denvir, T. (eds) 5th Refinement Workshop. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3550-0_9

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