The Z notation: a reference manual
The Z notation: a reference manual
Model-checking CSP-Z: strategy, tool support and industrial application
Science of Computer Programming - Specical issue on fundamental approaches to software engineering
Construction of Abstract State Graphs with PVS
CAV '97 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
Abstract and Model Check While You Prove
CAV '99 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
Counterexample-Guided Abstraction Refinement
CAV '00 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
Model-Checking CSP-OZ Specifications with FDR
IFM '99 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods
Model Checking Object-Z Classes: Some Experiments with FDR
APSEC '01 Proceedings of the Eighth Asia-Pacific on Software Engineering Conference
Using the Alloy Analyzer to Verify Data Refinement in Z
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
Automatic refinement checking for b
ICFEM'05 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Model checking z specifications using SAL
ZB'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Formal Specification and Development in Z and B
IFM'05 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Integrated Formal Methods
Modelchecking Correctness of Refactorings - Some Experiments
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
Z2SAL - Building a Model Checker for Z
ABZ '08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Abstract State Machines, B and Z
Automated Property Verification for Large Scale B Models
FM '09 Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress on Formal Methods
A Lazy Unbounded Model Checker for Event-B
ICFEM '09 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods: Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Efficient approximate verification of B and Z models via symmetry markers
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
ABZ'10 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B and Z
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In this paper we discuss some issues in implementing a model checker for the Z specification language. In particular, the language design of Z and its semantics, raises some challenges for efficient model checking, and we discuss some of these issues here. Our approach to model checking Z specifications involves implementing a translation from Z into the SAL input language, upon which the SAL toolset can be applied. In this paper we discuss issues in the implementation of this translation algorithm and illustrate them by looking at how the mathematical toolkit is encoded in SAL and the resultant efficiency of the model checking tools.