Proceedings 18th Refinement Workshop

October 20, 2018 · The Ethereal · 🏛 Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science

"No code URL or promise found in abstract"

Evidence collected by the PWNC Scanner

Authors John Derrick, Brijesh Dongol, Steve Reeves arXiv ID 1810.08739 Category cs.LO: Logic in CS Cross-listed cs.PL, cs.SE Citations 1 Venue Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science Last Checked 5 months ago

Abstract

Refinement is one of the cornerstones of a formal approach to software engineering. Refinement is the process of developing a more detailed design or implementation from an abstract specification through a sequence of mathematically-based steps that maintain correctness with respect to the original specification. Work on the foundations of languages such as Z, B, VDM and CSP have led to their widespread use in certain industrial sectors, e.g., those with security or safety critical concerns. In addition to precise specification, formal methods also allow the possibility of precise and verifiable development, as captured by the concept of refinement. The 18th Refinement Workshop was held as part of FLoC 2018 at Oxford, UK.