UML-B: Formal modeling and design aided by UML

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-122

  Snook, Colin ^a   Butler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modeling; Refinement; UML B

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SEMANTICS;

MATHEMATICAL BARRIERS; MODELING; REFINEMENT; RIGOROUS VERIFICATION; UML-B;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 33745413804     PISSN: 1049331X     EISSN: 1049331X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1125808.1125811     Document Type: Article

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