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Semantics Formalisation – From Event-B Contexts to Theories

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Rigorous State-Based Methods (ABZ 2024)

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The Event-B modelling language has been used to formalise the semantics of other modelling languages such as Time Mobility (TiMo) or State Chart XML (SCXML). Typically, the syntactical elements of the languages are captured as Event-B contexts while the semantical elements are formalised in Event-B machines. An alternative for capturing a modelling language’s semantics is to use the Theory plug-in to build datatypes capturing the syntactical elements of the language and operators to represent the various semantical aspects of the language. This paper draws on our experience on the statemanchines (part of SCXML) to compare the two approaches in terms of modelling efforts.

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  1. ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Thai Son Hoang, Colin Snook & Michael Butler

  2. Systerel, 1115 rue René Descartes, 13100, Aix-en-Provence, France

    Laurent Voisin

  3. Sandia National Laboratories, 7011 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA

    Karla Vanessa Morris Wright

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  3. Institut für Informatik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Hoang, T.S., Voisin, L., Wright, K.V.M., Snook, C., Butler, M. (2024). Semantics Formalisation – From Event-B Contexts to Theories. In: Bonfanti, S., Gargantini, A., Leuschel, M., Riccobene, E., Scandurra, P. (eds) Rigorous State-Based Methods. ABZ 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14759. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63790-2_14

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