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Language and tool support for event refinement structures in Event-B

Language and tool support for event refinement structures in Event-B
Language and tool support for event refinement structures in Event-B
Event-B is a formal method for modelling and verifying the consistency of chains of model refinements. The event refinement structure (ERS) approach augments Event-B with a graphical notation which is capable of explicit representation of control flows and refinement relationships. In previous work, the ERS approach has been evaluated manually in the development of two large case studies, a multimedia protocol and a spacecraft sub-system. The evaluation results helped us to extend the ERS constructors, to develop a systematic definition of ERS, and to develop a tool supporting ERS. We propose the ERS language which systematically defines the semantics of the ERS graphical notation including the constructors. The ERS tool supports automatic construction of the Event-B models in terms of control flows and refinement relationships. In this paper we outline the systematic definition of ERS including the presentation of constructors, the tool that supports it and evaluate the contribution that ERS and its tool make. Also we present how the systematic definition of ERS and the corresponding tool can ensure a consistent encoding of the ERS diagrams in the Event-B models.
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Salehi Fathabadi, Asieh
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Butler, Michael
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Rezazadeh, Abdolbaghi
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Salehi Fathabadi, Asieh
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Butler, Michael
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Rezazadeh, Abdolbaghi
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Salehi Fathabadi, Asieh, Butler, Michael and Rezazadeh, Abdolbaghi (2015) Language and tool support for event refinement structures in Event-B. Formal Aspects of Computing, 27 (3), 499-523. (doi:10.1007/s00165-014-0311-1).

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Event-B is a formal method for modelling and verifying the consistency of chains of model refinements. The event refinement structure (ERS) approach augments Event-B with a graphical notation which is capable of explicit representation of control flows and refinement relationships. In previous work, the ERS approach has been evaluated manually in the development of two large case studies, a multimedia protocol and a spacecraft sub-system. The evaluation results helped us to extend the ERS constructors, to develop a systematic definition of ERS, and to develop a tool supporting ERS. We propose the ERS language which systematically defines the semantics of the ERS graphical notation including the constructors. The ERS tool supports automatic construction of the Event-B models in terms of control flows and refinement relationships. In this paper we outline the systematic definition of ERS including the presentation of constructors, the tool that supports it and evaluate the contribution that ERS and its tool make. Also we present how the systematic definition of ERS and the corresponding tool can ensure a consistent encoding of the ERS diagrams in the Event-B models.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 July 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 September 2014
Published date: May 2015
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems

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Local EPrints ID: 366750
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/366750
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ORCID for Asieh Salehi Fathabadi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-3066
ORCID for Michael Butler: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4642-5373
ORCID for Abdolbaghi Rezazadeh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0029-469X

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Author: Asieh Salehi Fathabadi ORCID iD
Author: Michael Butler ORCID iD
Author: Abdolbaghi Rezazadeh ORCID iD

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