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Refinement-Preserving Translation from Event-B to Register-Voice Interactive Systems

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The state-based formal method Event-B relies on the concept of correct stepwise development, ensured by discharging corresponding proof obligations. The register-voice interactive systems (rv-IS) formalism is a recent approach for developing software systems using both structural state-based as well as interaction-based composition operators. One of the most interesting feature of the rv-IS formalism is the structuring of the components interactions. In order to study whether a more structured (rv-IS inspired) interaction approach can significantly ease the proof obligation effort needed for correct development in Event-B, we need to devise a way of integrating these formalisms. In this paper we propose a refinement-based translation from Event-B to rv-IS, exemplified with a file transfer protocol modelled in both formalisms.

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Diaconescu, D., Leustean, I., Petre, L., Sere, K., Stefanescu, G. (2012). Refinement-Preserving Translation from Event-B to Register-Voice Interactive Systems. In: Derrick, J., Gnesi, S., Latella, D., Treharne, H. (eds) Integrated Formal Methods. IFM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7321. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30729-4_16

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