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- From: kirby@xerox.com (Mike Kirby)
- Newsgroups: comp.specification.z
- Subject: Z and other design methodologies
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.154610.27454@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:46:10 GMT
- Article-I.D.: spectrum.1993Jan26.154610.27454
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- I am a new user to Z. I've picked up most of the syntax. But I have some questions
- about how to go about applying it. One of the most useful features of your
- traditional design and analysis methodologies (like rumbaugh, shlaer/mellor, etc..) is
- the state-transition diagram. Is there a way in Z to model not only the
- states, but the transitions into and outof different states? It would be
- nice if I could specify states, and then when I specify my member functions
- I can describe the state that this function is valid for.
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- I am using the Object-Z Specification descripted in TR91-1 from Duke et al.
- Is there a newer specification that is available?
-
- Thanks,
- Mike Kirby
- Xerox Corp
- E-mail: kirby.roch803@xerox.com
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- Refs:
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- Roger King, et al., "The Object-Z Specification Language, Version 1," Technical
- Report 91-1, University of Queensland, Queensland Australia, May 1991
-