The Z notation: a reference manual
The Z notation: a reference manual
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A Computing Procedure for Quantification Theory
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Automating first-order relational logic
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Lightweight Extraction of Object Models from Bytecode
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Alloy: a lightweight object modelling notation
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Distributed component technologies and their software engineering implications
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Modal Transition Systems: A Foundation for Three-Valued Program Analysis
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Constraint-Based Configuration of Proxylets for Programmable Networks
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Design and Implementation of the High-Level Specification Language CSP(LP) in Prolog
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Lightweight Analysis of Object Interactions
TACS '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Software
Testing an Intentional Naming Scheme Using Genetic Algorithms
TACAS 2001 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
Refinement and Verification Applied to an In-Flight Data Acquisition Unit
CONCUR '02 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Concurrency Theory
Supporting Formal Verification of Crosscutting Concerns
REFLECTION '01 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Metalevel Architectures and Separation of Crosscutting Concerns
An Approach to Combining B and Alloy
ZB '02 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of B and Z Users on Formal Specification and Development in Z and B
VAlloy - Virtual Functions Meet a Relational Language
FME '02 Proceedings of the International Symposium of Formal Methods Europe on Formal Methods - Getting IT Right
Model Checking Object-Z Using ASM
IFM '02 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods
Statistical Constraints and Verification
Object Modeling with the OCL, The Rationale behind the Object Constraint Language
Should UML be used for declarative programming?
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IWSSD '00 Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design
TestEra: A Novel Framework for Automated Testing of Java Programs
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POLICY '02 Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (POLICY'02)
Tool support for validating UML and OCL models through automatic snapshot generation
SAICSIT '03 Proceedings of the 2003 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on Enablement through technology
A combined approach to checking web ontologies
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Software Modeling Techniques and the Semantic Web
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Software assurance by bounded exhaustive testing
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A domain equation for refinement of partial systems
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TestEra: Specification-Based Testing of Java Programs Using SAT
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Static analysis of role-based access control in J2EE applications
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Inferring Specifications to Detect Errors in Code
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Software Assurance by Bounded Exhaustive Testing
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Reasoning about static and dynamic properties in alloy: A purely relational approach
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A strategy for efficient verification of relational specifications, based on monotonicity analysis
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yagg: an easy-to-use generator for structured test inputs
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Constructing Meta-CASE Workbenches by Exploiting Visual Language Generators
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From semantic web to expressive software specifications: a modeling languages spectrum
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Role-Based access control consistency validation
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Program slicing for declarative models
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An automated approach to specification animation for validation
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When Role Models Have Flaws: Static Validation of Enterprise Security Policies
ICSE '07 Proceedings of the 29th international conference on Software Engineering
Kato: A Program Slicing Tool for Declarative Specifications
ICSE '07 Proceedings of the 29th international conference on Software Engineering
Inferring specifications to detect errors in code
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Generating effective symmetry-breaking predicates for search problems
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A Static Semantics for Alloy and its Impact in Refactorings
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Efficient policy analysis for administrative role based access control
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Enabling verification and conformance testing for access control model
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Constraint Prioritization for Efficient Analysis of Declarative Models
FM '08 Proceedings of the 15th international symposium on Formal Methods
Dynamic composition and optimization of Web services
Distributed and Parallel Databases
A Modeling Language for Program Design and Synthesis
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Whispec: white-box testing of libraries using declarative specifications
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Improving reliability of cooperative concurrent systems with exception flow analysis
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Maintaining constraints of UML models in distributed collaborative environments
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An Empirical Study of Structural Constraint Solving Techniques
ICFEM '09 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods: Formal Methods and Software Engineering
An Abstract Equivalence Notion for Object Models
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Visual specifications of policies and their verification
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Business-oriented constraint language
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Validating UML models and OCL constraints
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Verification of multi-agent negotiations using the alloy analyzer
IFM'07 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Integrated formal methods
An approach to formalization and analysis of message passing libraries
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User-role reachability analysis of evolving administrative role based access control
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Formal specification of MPI 2.0: Case study in specifying a practical concurrent programming API
Science of Computer Programming
Policy analysis for Administrative Role-Based Access Control
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Modes for software architectures
EWSA'06 Proceedings of the Third European conference on Software Architecture
Model transformations? transformation models!
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Second-order principles in specification languages for object-oriented programs
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Verifying OWL and ORL ontologies in PVS
ICTAC'04 Proceedings of the First international conference on Theoretical Aspects of Computing
Optimizations for compiling declarative models into boolean formulas
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A domain model for dynamic system reconfiguration
MoDELS'05 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Evaluating access control policies through model checking
ISC'05 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Information Security
Automated specification analysis using an interactive theorem prover
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Monotonicity analysis can speed up verification
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A logical approach to data-aware automated sequence generation
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Architecture-centric fault tolerance with exception handling
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Transformation of spatio-temporal role based access control specification to alloy
MEDI'12 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Model and Data Engineering
Safe composition of configuration knowledge-based software product lines
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Parallel bounded analysis in code with rich invariants by refinement of field bounds
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A systematic analysis of textual variability modeling languages
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Policy analysis for administrative role based access control without separate administration
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Modeling and debugging numerical constraints of cyber-physical systems design
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Alcoa is a tool for analyzing object models. It has a range of uses. At one end, it can act as a support tool for object model diagrams, checking for consistency of multiplicities and generating sample snapshots. At the other end, it embodies a lightweight formal method in which subtle properties of behaviour can be investigated.Alcoa's input language, Alloy, is a new notation based on Z. Its development was motivated by the need for a notation that is more closely tailored to object models (in the style of UML), and more amenable to automatic analysis. Like Z, Alloy supports the description of systems whose state involves complex relational structure. State and behavioural properties are described declaratively, by conjoining constraints. This makes it possible to develop and analyze a model incrementally, with Alcoa investigating the consequences of whatever constraints are given.Alcoa works by translating constraints to boolean formulas, and then applying state-of-the-art SAT solvers. It can analyze billions of states in seconds.