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Integration of Specification Languages Using Viewpoints

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Integrated Formal Methods (IFM 2004)

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This work provides a general integration mechanism for specification languages motivated by partial specification. We use category theory to formalise specification languages and define a relational semantic framework. We show some inherent limits of the approach, and propose a solution inspired from Z semantics to overcome it. An integration of Z and CCS is considered as an example.

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  1. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent Canterbury, CT2 7NF, UK

    Marius C. Bujorianu

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  1. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, CT2 7NF, Canterbury, Kent, UK

    Eerke A. Boiten

  2. Department of Computing, University of Sheffield, S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK

    John Derrick

  3. School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, 4072, Australia

    Graeme Smith

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Bujorianu, M.C. (2004). Integration of Specification Languages Using Viewpoints. In: Boiten, E.A., Derrick, J., Smith, G. (eds) Integrated Formal Methods. IFM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2999. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24756-2_23

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