Object-Z

Object-Z^[1] is an object-oriented extension to the Z notation developed at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Object-Z extends Z by the addition of language constructs resembling the object-oriented paradigm, most notably, classes. Other object-oriented notions such as polymorphism and inheritance are also supported.

While not as popular as its base language Z, Object-Z has still received significant attention in the formal methods community, and research on aspects of the language are ongoing, including hybrid languages using Object-Z,^[2]^[3] tool support (e.g., through the Community Z Tools project) and refinement calculi.^[4]

References

^ Smith, Graeme (2000). The Object-Z Specification Language. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4615-5265-9.
^ Mahony, B.; Dong, Jin Song (February 2000). "Timed Communicating Object Z". IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 26 (2): 150–177. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.62.820. doi:10.1109/32.841115.
^ Dong, J.S.; Duke, R.; Hao, P. (2005). "Integrating Object-Z with Timed Automata". 10th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'05). pp. 488–497. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.62.793. doi:10.1109/ICECCS.2005.56. ISBN 978-0-7695-2284-5. S2CID 10062286. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ Derrick, John; Boiten, Eerke A. (2014). Refinement in Z and Object-Z (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-1-4471-5355-9.