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2000
Springer
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A Formal Architecture for the 3APL Agent Programming Language
Abstract. The notion of agents has provided a way of imbuing traditional computing systems with an extra degree of flexibility that allows them to be more resilient and robust in t...
Mark d'Inverno, Koen V. Hindriks, Michael Luck
ZUM
2000
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Type-Constrained Generics for Z
We propose an extension to Z whereby generic parameters may have their types partially constrained. Using this mechanism it becomes possible to dene in Z much of its own schema cal...
Samuel H. Valentine, Ian Toyn, Susan Stepney, Stev...
ZUM
2000
Springer
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How to Drive a B Machine
The B-Method is a state-based formal method that describes behaviour in terms of MACHINES whose states change under OPERATIONS. The process algebra CSP is an event-based formalism ...
Helen Treharne, Steve Schneider
ZUM
2000
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Typechecking Z
Abstract. This paper presents some of our requirements for a Z typechecker: that the typechecker accept all well-typeable formulations, however contrived; that it gather informatio...
Ian Toyn, Samuel H. Valentine, Susan Stepney, Stev...
ZUM
2000
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Formal Methods for Industrial Products
We have recently completed the specication and security proof of a large, industrial scale application. The application is security critical, and the modelling and proof were done ...
Susan Stepney, David Cooper