Model-Based Specification Animation Using Testgraphs
ICFEM '02 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods: Formal Methods and Software Engineering
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ZB '02 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of B and Z Users on Formal Specification and Development in Z and B
Test Criteria Definition for B Models
FM '99 Proceedings of the Wold Congress on Formal Methods in the Development of Computing Systems-Volume I - Volume I
A framework and tool support for the systematic testing of model-based specifications
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
An automated approach to specification animation for validation
Journal of Systems and Software
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ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
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The B method is a model-based approach covering all the software development process, from the specification to the code. External verification of B models aims to determine whether they correctly capture the informal requirements. It is argued that verification techniques like B model animation or code testing should accompany the formal development process and give a feedback of the system that is actually being specified. A uniform testing framework, irrespective of whether the input cases are executed on the final code or on the formal models, is presented. A B development process is considered as a series of stages where concrete models are built gradually based on the more abstract ones, the final code being just a compiled version of the most concrete model. A definition of test correctness, related to the one of refinement, is introduced. The consequences in terms of required animation facilities are discussed