Formal Specification and Documentation using Z: A Case Study Approach
By Jonathan Bowen; International Thomson Publishing, 1996, ISBN 1850322309. Textbook presents use of formal methods via case study series. Contents, foreword, preface, ordering, review extract. [World Wide Web Virtual Library]
url: www.afm.sbu.ac.uk/zbook/
Introduction to Formal Specification and Z
By Ben Potter, Jane Sinclair, David Till; Prentice Hall PTR, 1997, ISBN 0132422077, 2nd edition. For developers; Z notation can greatly improve the way software systems are modeled, implemented; investigate specifications before construction. [Prentice Hall]
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Introduction to Formal Specification and Z
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An Introduction to Formal Specification With Z and Vdm
By Deri Sheppard; McGraw Hill Book Co.; 1994, ISBN 0077079078. Introduces Formal Methods (FM) via Z and Vdm. [Amazon.com]
url: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0077079078
Object Orientation in Z
Edited by Susan Stepney, Rosalind Barden, David Cooper; Springer-Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3540197788. Set of papers showing many ways to add OO concepts and structuring to Z. Each shows same problems, for comparing. [University of York]
url: www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/bib/ss/ooz/index.ht...
Object Orientation in Z
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Object Orientation in Z
Description, related books and topics. [Springer-Verlag]
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The Object-Z Specification Language
By Graeme Smith; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0792386841. Textbook or reference, fully describes topic: semantics, defines all constructs, type and usage rules, specification guidelines, full syntax. [University of Queensland]
url: www.itee.uq.edu.au/~smith/book.html
The Object-Z Specification Language
Description, contents, link to book series. [Kluwer Academic Publishers]
url: www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-8684-1
Understanding Z: A Specification Language and its Formal Semantics
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Understanding Z: A Specification Language and its Formal Semantics
By J.M. Spivey; Cambridge University Press, 1988, ISBN 0521334292. Compares Z to other methods (VDM, CLEAR), last chapter has studies in Z style showing Z can be used in a variety of specification tasks. [Cambridge University Press]
url: titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521334292
Using Z: Specification, Refinement, and Proof
By Jim Woodcock, Jim Davies; Prentice Hall, 1996, ISBN 0139484728. Treats formal techniques and methods for software engineering via Z. Full text, slides, exercises, solutions, cards, contents. [University of Oxford, Online]
url: softeng.comlab.ox.ac.uk/usingz/
The Way of Z: Practical Programming with Formal Methods
By Jonathan Jacky; Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0521559766. Introduces formal methods (FM) via Z, case studies, tutorial, glossary. [University of Washington]
url: www.radonc.washington.edu/prostaff/jon/z-book/
The Way of Z: Practical Programming with Formal Methods
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The Way of Z: Practical Programming with Formal Methods
By Jonathan Jacky; Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0521559766. Tutorial for experienced professionals, serious students of programming, software engineering, case studies focusing safety-critical systems. [Cambridge University Press]
url: titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521559766
Z: An Introduction to Formal Methods
By Antoni Diller; John Wiley & Sons, 1994, ISBN 0471939730, 2nd edition. Thorough tutorial introduction to Z via standard notation, case studies to illustrate all aspects, practical exercises. [Amazon.com]
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Z in Practice
By Rosalind Barden, Susan Stepney, David Cooper, Susan Stephey; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0131249347. For those knowing basics of Z or other model-oriented formal specification language, case studies of real projects. [Amazon.com]
url: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131249347
The Z Notation: A Reference Manual
J. Mike Spivey; Prentice Hall, International Series in Computer Science, 1988, 1992, 2001, ISBN 0139785299. Standard reference work for Z. Description, free downloads: PostScript, PDF, LaTeX. [University of Oxford]
url: spivey.oriel.ox.ac.uk/~mike/zrm/
