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Object-Z allows coupling constraints between classes which, on the one hand, facilitate specification at a high level of abstraction, but, on the other hand, make class refinement non-compositional. The consequence of this is that refinement is not practical for large systems. This paper overcomes this limitation by introducing a methodology for compositional class refinement in Object-Z. The key step is an equivalence transformation of an arbitrary Object-Z specification to one in which introduced constraints prohibit non-compositional refinements. The methodology also allows the constraints which couple classes to be refined yielding an unrestricted approach to compositional class refinement.
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McComb, T., Smith, G. (2006). Compositional Class Refinement in Object-Z. 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_15
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