Result: rCOS : A refinement calculus of object systems

Title:
rCOS : A refinement calculus of object systems
Source:
Formal methods for components and objectsTheoretical computer science. 365(1-2):109-142
Publisher Information:
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.
Publication Year:
2006
Physical Description:
print, 58 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Software Engineering Institute, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Faculty of Science and Technology University of Macau, Macao
United Nations University, International Institute for Software Technology, P.O. Box 3058, Macao
ISSN:
0304-3975
Rights:
Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems

Mathematics
Accession Number:
edscal.18291177
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

This article presents a mathematical characterization of object-oriented concepts by defining an observation-oriented semantics for a relational object-based language with a rich variety of features including subtypes, visibility, inheritance, type casting, dynamic binding and polymorphism. The language can be used to specify object-oriented designs as well as programs. We present a calculus that supports both structural and behavioural refinement of object-oriented designs. The design calculus is based on the predicate logic in Hoare and He's Unifying Theories of Programming (UTP).