Process refinement in B

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3455, Issue , 2005, Pages 45-64

  Dunne, Steve ^a   Conroy, Stacey ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; SEMANTICS;

DENOTATIONAL SEMANTICS; FAILURES-DIVERGENCES; PROCESS REFINEMENT; PROOF OBLIGATIONS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 24644507985     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11415787_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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