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This paper presents a formalisation of the Event-B formal specification language in terms of the theory of institutions. The main objective of this paper is to provide: (1) a mathematically sound semantics and (2) modularisation constructs for Event-B using the specification-building operations of the theory of institutions. Many formalisms have been improved in this way and our aim is thus to define an appropriate institution for Event-B, which we call \(\mathcal {EVT}\). We provide a definition of \(\mathcal {EVT}\) and the proof of its satisfaction condition. A motivating example of a traffic-light simulation is presented to illustrate our approach.
M. Farrell—This work is funded by Government of Ireland Postgraduate Grant from the Irish Research Council.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the reviewers for their helpful comments and Ionut Tutu for his assistance with the presentation of the technical details of our institution for Event-B.
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Farrell, M., Monahan, R., Power, J.F. (2017). An Institution for Event-B. In: James, P., Roggenbach, M. (eds) Recent Trends in Algebraic Development Techniques. WADT 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10644. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72044-9_8
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