Using formal specification language in industrial software development

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Hui ◽  
Lin Dong ◽  
Xie Xiren
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Formal Specification ◽  
Specification Language ◽  
Industrial Software ◽  
Formal Specification Language

Extending Linear Temporal Logic with Clocks to Object-Z

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 927-930
Author(s):  
Zhi Cheng Wen ◽  
Zhi Gang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Temporal Logic ◽  
Formal Specification ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Linear Temporal Logic ◽  
Specification Language ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Real Time System ◽  
Software Specification ◽  
Formal Specification Language

Object-Z, an extension to formal specification language Z, is good for describing large scale Object-Oriented software specification. While Object-Z has found application in a number of areas, its utility is limited by its inability to specify continuous variables and real-time constraints. Linear temporal logic can describe real-time system, but it can not deal with time variables well and also can not describe formal specification modularly. This paper extends linear temporal logic with clocks (LTLC) and presents an approach to adding linear temporal logic with clocks to Object-Z. Extended Object-Z with LTLC, a modular formal specification language, is a minimum extension of the syntax and semantics of Object-Z. The main advantage of this extension lies in that it is convenient to describe and verify the complex real-time software specification.

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