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OOZS: an object-oriented structured formal specification language

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OOZS, which stands for ‘Object-Oriented Z Structured’, is an extension of the formal specification language Z to accommodate object orientation. It extends Z with a number of features that provide support for object-oriented design and management of specifications of very large systems. In addition to the usual object-oriented structures such as encapsulation into classes and inheritance, OOZS has some distinctive features: the Include facility, Import&Export mechanism, Pre&Post predicate, and the improved Delta&Xi list. This paper gives a brief description of this language.

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  1. School of Computer Eng. and Science Shanghai University, 20 Chengzong Road, 201800, Shanghai

    Li Gang M. Sc., Miao Huaikou & Zhu Guanming

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Li, G., Miao, H. & Zhu, G. OOZS: an object-oriented structured formal specification language. J. of Shanghai Univ. 1, 70–74 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11741-997-0047-8

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