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Specifying reactive systems in B AMN

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This paper describes techniques for specifying and designing reactive systems in the B Abstract Machine (AMN) language, using concepts from procedural process control. In addition, we consider what forms of concurrent extensions to B AMN would make it more effective in representing such systems.

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  1. Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, 180 Queens Gate, SW7 2BZ, London

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Jonathan P. Bowen Michael G. Hinchey David Till

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Lano, K. (1997). Specifying reactive systems in B AMN. In: Bowen, J.P., Hinchey, M.G., Till, D. (eds) ZUM '97: The Z Formal Specification Notation. ZUM 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1212. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027292

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