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On B and Event-B: Principles, Success and Challenges

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Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, and Z (ABZ 2018)

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After more than 20 years since the publication of the book on B [1], and almost 10 years since the publication of the book on Event-B [2], the purpose of this short paper is to present some key points of these technologies.

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  1. Marseille, France

    Jean-Raymond Abrial

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  1. University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Michael Butler

  2. Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Alexander Raschke

  3. University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Thai Son Hoang

  4. Thales Austria GmbH, Vienna, Austria

    Klaus Reichl

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Abrial, JR. (2018). On B and Event-B: Principles, Success and Challenges. In: Butler, M., Raschke, A., Hoang, T., Reichl, K. (eds) Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, and Z. ABZ 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10817. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91271-4_3

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