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Algebraic Specification and Program Development by Stepwise Refinement

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Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation (LOPSTR 1999)

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Various formalizations of the concept of “refinement step” as used in the formal development of programs from algebraic specifications are presented and compared.

This research was supported by EPSRC grant GR/K63795 and the ESPRIT-funded COFI Working Group.

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    Donald Sannella

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, via Torino 155, 30172, Venezia, Italy

    Annalisa Bossi

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Sannella, D. (2000). Algebraic Specification and Program Development by Stepwise Refinement. In: Bossi, A. (eds) Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation. LOPSTR 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1817. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10720327_1

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