Teach Z by reverse engineering specifications from real-life implementations

Authors:
Ian Bayley
Affiliations:
School of Technology, Oxford Brookes University
Venue:
TFM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Teaching Formal Methods: practice and experience
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper describes a different approach to teaching formal methods and Z in particular. A specification is developed interactively with the class but unusually, a working implementation exists and is made available for exploratory testing as part of the lecture. The domain chosen for the application is a simple dynamic content website.