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A Proposal for Records in Event-B

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FM 2006: Formal Methods (FM 2006)

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The B method is a well known approach to the formal specification and development of sequential computer programs. Inspired by action systems, the B method has evolved to incorporate system modelling and distributed system development. This extension is called Event-B. Even though several of the structuring mechanisms of the original B method are absent from Event-B, the desire to define and maintain structured data persists. We propose the introduction of records to Event-B for this purpose. Our approach upholds the refinement principles of Event-B by allowing the stepwise development of records too.

This research was carried out as part of the EU research project IST 511599 RODIN (Rigorous Open Development Environment for Complex Systems) http://rodin.cs.ncl.ac.uk.

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  1. AWE, Aldermaston, U.K.

    Neil Evans

  2. School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, U.K.

    Michael Butler

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  1. The University of Texas at Austin,  

    Jayadev Misra

  2. Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität, München,  

    Tobias Nipkow

  3. Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4K1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Emil Sekerinski

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Evans, N., Butler, M. (2006). A Proposal for Records in Event-B. In: Misra, J., Nipkow, T., Sekerinski, E. (eds) FM 2006: Formal Methods. FM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4085. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11813040_16

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