UNDERSTANDING B SPECIFICATIONS WITH UML CLASS DIAGRAM AND OCL CONSTRAINTS

B. Tatibouët, I. Jacques

2006

Abstract

B is a formal method (and a specification language) which enables the automatic generation of an executable code through a succession of refinements stemming from an abstract specification. A B specification requires a certain knowledge of mathematical notations (Classical logic and sets) as well as specific terminology (generalized substitutions, B keywords) which may in all likelihood leave a non-specialist of the B notation in the dark. To address this problem, we will extract graphic elements from B specification in an effort to render it more understandable. In a previous work, these visual elements are illustrated in a UML class diagram. These visual elements being insufficient they are completed by OCL constraints allowing to present the invariant and the operations of a B abstract machine.

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Tatibouët B. and Jacques I. (2006). UNDERSTANDING B SPECIFICATIONS WITH UML CLASS DIAGRAM AND OCL CONSTRAINTS . In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-43-6, pages 475-478. DOI: 10.5220/0002490504750478


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@conference{iceis06,
author={B. Tatibouët and I. Jacques},
title={UNDERSTANDING B SPECIFICATIONS WITH UML CLASS DIAGRAM AND OCL CONSTRAINTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2006},
pages={475-478},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002490504750478},
isbn={978-972-8865-43-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - UNDERSTANDING B SPECIFICATIONS WITH UML CLASS DIAGRAM AND OCL CONSTRAINTS
SN - 978-972-8865-43-6
AU - Tatibouët B.
AU - Jacques I.
PY - 2006
SP - 475
EP - 478
DO - 10.5220/0002490504750478