Sharp retrenchment, modulated refinement and simulation

Formal Aspects of Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 498-540

  Banach, R ^a   Poppleton, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

B method; Refinement; Retrenchment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MIXING;

B METHOD; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; LIBERALISATION; REFINEMENT; RETRENCHMENT; SIMULATION;

CONCRETE MIXING;

EID: 0042784524     PISSN: 09345043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001650050056     Document Type: Article

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