Checking Z data refinements using an animation tool

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2272, Issue , 2002, Pages 62-81

  Robinson, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL SPECIFICATION;

ANIMATION TOOLS; COUNTER EXAMPLES; DATA REFINEMENTS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 84948156059     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45648-1_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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