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Reactive systems can be designed graphically using Statecharts. This paper presents a scheme for the translation of Statecharts into the Abstract Machine Notation (AMN) of the B method. By an example of a conveyor system, we illustrate how the design can be initially expressed graphically with Statecharts, then translated to AMN and analysed in AMN, and then further refined to executable code.
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Sekerinski, E. (1998). Graphical design of reactive systems. In: Bert, D. (eds) B’98: Recent Advances in the Development and Use of the B Method. B 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1393. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053361
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