STATEMATE: A Working Environment for the Development of Complex Reactive Systems
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Systematic software development using VDM (2nd ed.)
Systematic software development using VDM (2nd ed.)
Problem frames: analyzing and structuring software development problems
Problem frames: analyzing and structuring software development problems
UML-B: Formal modeling and design aided by UML
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
ProB: an automated analysis toolset for the B method
International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT)
Automated Property Verification for Large Scale B Models
FM '09 Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress on Formal Methods
Modeling in Event-B: System and Software Engineering
Modeling in Event-B: System and Software Engineering
Rodin: an open toolset for modelling and reasoning in Event-B
International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT) - Special Section on VSTTE 2008
A proposal for records in event-b
FM'06 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Formal Methods
Refinement by interface instantiation
ABZ'12 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, VDM, and Z
A method and tool for tracing requirements into specifications
Science of Computer Programming
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The development of the Event-B formal method and the supporting tools Rodin and ProB was guided by practical experiences with the B-Method, the Z specification notation, VDM and similar practical formal methods. The case study discussed in this article -- a cruise control system -- is a serious test of industrial use. We report on where Event-B and its tools have succeeded, where they have not. We also report on advances that were inspired by the case study. Interestingly, the case study was not a pure formal methods problem. In addition to Event-B, it used Problem Frames for capturing requirements. The interaction between the two proved to be crucial for the success of the case study. The heart of the problem was tracing informal requirements from Problem Frames descriptions to formal Event-B models. To a large degree, this issue dictated the approach that had to be used for formal modelling. A dedicated record theory and dedicated tool support were required. The size of the formal models rather than complex individual formulas was the main challenge for tool support.