The Munich Project CIP: Volume I: the wide spectrum language CIP-L
The Munich Project CIP: Volume I: the wide spectrum language CIP-L
Specification and transformation of programs: a formal approach to software development
Specification and transformation of programs: a formal approach to software development
KIDS: A Semiautomatic Program Development System
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A System for Assisting Program Transformation
ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
Program Development by Specification and Transformation: A Methodology Language Family System
Program Development by Specification and Transformation: A Methodology Language Family System
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This paper discusses the relationship between transformational programming and theorem proving. It illustrates the use of the theorem proving environment as a basis for a program construction tool DEBATE 1 (Deduction Based Transformational Environment) which is under construction in University College Dublin. Using a theorem proving framework directly would require the user to be familiar with theorem proving details. The tool user should only be concerned with transformational programming steps and not with theorem proving activities. Therefore a layer of transformational tactics are discussed and presented. These tactics consist of the application of theoremproving tactics. However, they ensure that the user's only interaction with DEBATE are design decisions required within the transformational programming paradigm. The N Queens problem is used throughout the paper to demonstrate how the Isabelle theorem prover is adapted by a transformation tactic layer so that it may be used as a program construction tool.