author : John Derrick

Books

• Refinement in Z and Object-Z. 2001, with Eerke A. Boiten

Short works

• Viewpoints and Objects. 1995. (In ZUM '95 )
• Weak Refinement in Z. 1997. (In ZUM '97 )
• Testing Refinements by Refining Tests. 1998. (In ZUM '98 )
• Non-atomic Refinement in Z. 1999. (In FM'99 volume 2 )
• Guards, Preconditions and Refinement in Z. 2000. (In ZB 2000 )
• Handling Inconsistencies in Z Using Quasi-Classical Logic. 2002. (In ZB 2002 )
• Timed CSP and Object-Z. 2003. (In ZB 2003 )
• Using coupled simulations in non-atomic refinement. 2003. (In ZB 2003 )
• Formal program development with approximations. 2005. (In ZB 2005 )
• Non-atomic refinement in Z and CSP. 2005. (In ZB 2005 )

Books : reviews

John Derrick, Eerke A. Boiten.
Refinement in Z and Object-Z: foundations and advanced applications.
Springer. 2001

Refinement is one of the cornerstones of the formal approach to software engineering, and its use in various domains has led to research on new applications and generalisation. This book brings together this important research in one volume, with the addition of examples drawn from different application areas. It covers four main themes:

• data refinement and its application to Z;
• generalisations of refinement that change the interface and atomicity of operations;
• refinement in Object-Z; and
• modelling state and behaviour by combining Object-Z with CSP.

Refinement in Z and Object-Z: Foundations and Advanced Applications provides an invaluable overview of recent research for academic and industrial researchers, lecturers teaching formal specification and development, industrial practitioners using formal methods in their work, and postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students.