Z2SAL - Building a Model Checker for Z

  • Authors:
  • John Derrick;Siobhán North;Anthony J. Simons

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computing, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S1 4DP;Department of Computing, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S1 4DP;Department of Computing, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S1 4DP

  • Venue:
  • ABZ '08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Abstract State Machines, B and Z
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss our progress towards building a model-checker for Z. The approach we take in our Z2SAL project involves implementing a translation from Z into the SAL input language, upon which the SAL toolset can be applied. The toolset includes a number of model-checkers together with a simulator. In this paper we discuss our progress towards implementing as complete as a translation as possible, the limitations we have reached and the optimizations we have made. We illustrate with a small example.