Combining CSP and B for specification and property verification

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3582, Issue , 2005, Pages 221-236

  Butler, Michael ^a   Leuschel, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animation; B Method; Constraints; Logic Programming; Model Checking; Tool Support

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS;

B-METHOD; MODEL CHECKING; TOOL SUPPORT;

LOGIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 26444561842     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11526841_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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