Oliveira, M., Cavalcanti, A. and Woodcock, J. (2004) ArcAngel: a tactic language for refinement. Formal Aspects of Computing, 15 (1). pp. 28-47. ISSN 0934-5043
Abstract
Morgan's refinement calculus is a successful technique for developing software in a precise and consistent way. This technique, however, can be hard to use, as developments may be long and repetitive. Many authors have pointed out that a lot can be gained by identifying commonly used development strategies, documenting them as tactics, and using them as single transformation rules. Also, it is useful to have a notation for describing derivations, so that they can be analysed and modified. In this paper, we present ArcAngel, a language for defining such refinement tactics; we present the language, its semantics, and some of its algebraic laws. Apart from Angel, a general-purpose tactic language that we are extending, no other tactic language has a denotational semantics and proof theory of its own.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 25 May 2009 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 25 May 2009 14:29 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00165-003-0003-8 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science + Business Media |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00165-003-0003-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6181 |