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Behavioural specifications in type theory

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Recent Trends in Data Type Specification (ADT 1995, COMPASS 1995)

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In this paper we give a new view of the type theory UTT (Uniform theory of dependent types) [5] as a system to formally develop programs from algebraic specifications, comparable to e.g. EML([9]). We will focus our attention on behavioural specifications since they have not been deeply studied in a type theoretical setting, and we describe how to develop proofs about behavioural satisfaction.

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Magne Haveraaen Olaf Owe Ole-Johan Dahl

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Mylonakis, N. (1996). Behavioural specifications in type theory. In: Haveraaen, M., Owe, O., Dahl, OJ. (eds) Recent Trends in Data Type Specification. ADT COMPASS 1995 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1130. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61629-2_55

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