From a B formal specification to an executable code: Application to the relational database domain

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-279

  Mammar, Amel ^a   Laleau, Régine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

B formal method; Coding; Database applications; Development methodologies; Refinement

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

B FORMAL METHOD; CODING; DATABASE APPLICATIONS; DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES; REFINEMENT;

RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33344471901     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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