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This paper proposes an extension of operation semantics and discusses its benefits in enhancing the applicability of Morgan’s formal refinement calculus in practical software development.
This work is supported in part by the SCAT research foundation and Hosei University.
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Liu, S. (2014). Extending Operation Semantics to Enhance the Applicability of Formal Refinement. In: Iida, S., Meseguer, J., Ogata, K. (eds) Specification, Algebra, and Software. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8373. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54624-2_21
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