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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      21 January 2010
      10 October 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511624162
      9780521021753
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511624162
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      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.274kg, 816 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Computer Science, Programming Languages and Applied Logic
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    The B Method is a means for specifying, designing and coding software systems. The long-awaited B-Book is the standard reference for everything concerning this method. It contains the mathematical basis on which it is founded, the precise definitions of the notations used, and a large number of examples illustrating its use in practice. J.-R. Abrial, the inventor of B, has written the book in such a way that it can be used for self-study or for reference. It is in four parts, the first dealing with the mathematical foundations and the definition of the various mathematical structures that are needed to formalise software systems; special emphasis is placed on the notion of proof. The second part contains a presentation of the Generalised Substitution Language and of the Abstract Machine Notation; examples are given to show how large specifications can be constructed systematically. The next part introduces the two basic programming features of sequencing and loop. The last part covers the very important notion of refinement. It shows how to construct large software systems by means of layered architectures of modules. With the appearance of The B-Book, formal methods practitioners, computer scientists, and systems developers at last will have access to the definitive account of what will become one of the standard approaches to the construction of software systems.

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    ‘With the appearance of The B-Book … computer scientists, and system developers at last will have access to the definitive account of what will become one of the standard approaches to the construction of software systems.’

    Source: Zentralblatt MATH

    ‘It will act as the reference book for many involved in the application of the B-Method … The B-Book provides a comprehensive reference for the B approach to specifying, designing and coding software systems.’

    Jonathan Bowen Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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