Statecharts: A visual formalism for complex systems
Science of Computer Programming
Why looking isn't always seeing: readership skills and graphical programming
Communications of the ACM
The B-book: assigning programs to meanings
The B-book: assigning programs to meanings
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
Formal specification: a roadmap
Proceedings of the Conference on The Future of Software Engineering
Formal Methods and Object Technology
Formal Methods and Object Technology
Investigating the readability of state-based formal requirements specification languages
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Integrating Structured and Formal Methods: A Visual Approach to VDM
ESEC '91 Proceedings of the 3rd European Software Engineering Conference
From a B Specification to UML StateChart Diagrams
ICFEM '02 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods: Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Translating the OMT Dynamic Model into Object-Z
ZUM '98 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Z Users on The Z Formal Specification Notation
Coming and Going from UML to B: A Proposal to Support Traceability in Rigorous IS Development
ZB '02 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of B and Z Users on Formal Specification and Development in Z and B
A Comparison of the BTT and TTF Test-Generation Methods
ZB '02 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of B and Z Users on Formal Specification and Development in Z and B
Graphical Design of Reactive Systems
B '98 Proceedings of the Second International B Conference on Recent Advances in the Development and Use of the B Method
Introducing Dynamic Constraints in B
B '98 Proceedings of the Second International B Conference on Recent Advances in the Development and Use of the B Method
Automating the Generation and Sequencing of Test Cases from Model-Based Specifications
FME '93 Proceedings of the First International Symposium of Formal Methods Europe on Industrial-Strength Formal Methods
Automated Boundary Testing from Z and B
FME '02 Proceedings of the International Symposium of Formal Methods Europe on Formal Methods - Getting IT Right
Development of an Embedded Verifier for Java Card Byte Code Using Formal Methods
FME '02 Proceedings of the International Symposium of Formal Methods Europe on Formal Methods - Getting IT Right
Contributions for Modelling UML State-Charts in B
IFM '02 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods
CASTING: A Formally Based Software Test Generation Method
ICFEM '97 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods
How to diagnose a modern car with a formal B model?
ZB'03 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Formal specification and development in Z and B
ZB'03 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Formal specification and development in Z and B
Transformation of B specifications into UML class diagrams and state machines
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions
Generating Hierarchical State Based Representation From Event-B Models
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
Refinement of statemachines using event b semantics
B'07 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Formal Specification and Development in B
Aligning SysML with the B method to provide V&V for systems engineering
Proceedings of the Workshop on Model-Driven Engineering, Verification and Validation
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
This paper addresses the graphical representation of the behaviour of B specifications, using state transition diagrams. These diagrams can help understand the specification for stakeholders who are not familiar with the B method, such as customers or certification authorities. The paper first discusses the principles of the graphical representation on a deterministic example, featuring a small set of states. It then discusses the representation of specifications which feature a large or infinite set of states, or which are non-deterministic. Abstraction techniques are used to overcome these difficulties. They result in a variety of possible representations. Finally, three techniques, based on animation and proof, are presented to help construct the diagrams.