Requirements as conjectures: intuitive DVD menu navigation

  • Authors:
  • Jemima Rossmorris;Susan Stepney

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York, UK;Department of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York, UK

  • Venue:
  • ZB'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Formal Specification and Development in Z and B
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper we use Z to capture the requirements for an ‘intuitive' menu navigation system as a series of conjectures that should hold. We use those requirements to investigate potential algorithms. The Z formalisation enables the somewhat fuzzy requirement of ‘being intuitive' to be captured precisely, analysed, and critiqued, leading to possibly new requirements, and more intuitive algorithms.