Behavioral interface specification languages provide formal code-level annotations, such as
preconditions, postconditions, invariants, and assertions that allow programmers to express …

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JML is a behavioral interface specification language tailored to Java (TM). Besides pre-and
postconditions, it also allows assertions to be intermixed with Java code; these aid …

The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the
important and highly applicable method of data refinement and the simulation methods used …

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Linearisability is a key correctness criterion for concurrent data structures, ensuring that
each history of the concurrent object under consideration is consistent with respect to a …

Probabilistic predicates generalize standard predicates over a state space; with probabilistic
predicate transformers one thus reasons about imperative programs in terms of probabilistic …

Z is a formal language intended for both writing and developing software specifications. In
this review I attempt to give an account of Diller's book on Z, remarking on its suitability as an …

In this chapter, you will begin by taking a look at what I mean by language-oriented
programming, a term that has been used by many people to mean different things. I'll also …

JML is a notation for formally specifying the behavior and interfaces of Java [Arnold-Gosling-
Holmes00][Gosling-etal00] classes and methods. The goal of this reference manual is to …