1993 年 3 月に S.Austin と G.I.Parkin によって書かれた"Formal Methods: A Survey" は実務や教育機関での Z の使い方と教えかたがかいてあります。コピーに 関しては DITC Office, Formal Methods Survey, National Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK (tel +44-181-943-7002, fax +44-181-977-7091) と連絡を取って下さい。
以下の本は主に Z に関するもので、出版された、あるいは出版される 予定のものです。(ほぼ年代順)
I.Hayes (ed.), Specification Case Studies, Prentice Hall International
Series in Computer Science, 1987. (2nd ed., 1993)
URL: http://www.prenhall.com/013/832543/ptr/83254-3.html
J.M.Spivey, Understanding Z: A specification language and its formal
semantics, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
D.Ince, An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, Formal System
Specification and Z, Oxford University Press, 1988. (2nd ed., 1993)
J.C.P.Woodcock & M.Loomes, Software Engineering Mathematics: Formal
Methods Demystified, Pitman, 1998. (Also Addision-Wesley, 1989)
J.M.Spivey, The Z Notation: A reference manual, Prentice Hall
International Series in Computer Science, 1989. (2nd ed., 1992)
[Widely used as a de facto standard for Z. Often known as ZRM2.]
A.Diller, Z: An introduction to formal methods, Wiley, 1990.
J.E.Nicholls (ed.), Z user workshop, Oxford 1989, Springer-Verlag,
Workshops in Computing, 1990.
B.Potter, J.Sinclair & D.Till, An Introduction to Formal Specification
and Z, Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science, 1991.
(2nd ed., due 1996)
URL: http://www.prenhall.com/013/242206/ptr/24220-6.html
(訳本 : ソフトウェア仕様記述の先進技法 - Z 言語,トッパン)
D.Lightfoot, Formal Specification using Z, MacMillan, 1991.
A.Norcliffe & G.Slater, Mathematics for Software Construction,
Ellis Horwood, 1991.
J.E.Nicholls (ed.), Z User Workshop, Oxford 1990, Springer-Verlag,
Workshops in Computing, 1991.
I.Craig, The Formal Specification of Advanced AI Architectures,
Ellis Horwood, 1991.
M.Imperato, An Introduction to Z, Chartwell-Bratt, 1991.
J.B.Wordsworth, Software Development with Z, Addison-Wesley, 1992.
S.Stepney, R.Barden & D.Cooper (eds.), Object Orientation in Z,
Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, August 1992.
J.E.Nicholls (ed.), Z User Workshop, York 1991, Springer-Verlag,
Workshops in Computing, 1992.
URL: http://www.imi.gla.ac.uk/springer/eWiC/Abstracts/9.html
D.Edmond, Information Modeling: Specification and implementation,
Prentice Hall, 1992.
J.P.Bowen & J.E.Nicholls (eds.), Z User Workshop, London 1992,
Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1993.
URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/z/zum92.html
S.Stepney, High Integrity Compilation: A case study, Prentice Hall, 1993.
M.McMorran & S.Powell, Z Guide for Beginners, Blackwell Scientific, 1993.
K.C.Lano & H.Haughton (eds.), Object-oriented Specification Case Studies,
Prentice Hall International Object-Oriented Series, 1993.
B.Ratcliff, Introducing Specification using Z: A practical case study
approach, McGraw-Hill, 1994.
A.Diller, Z: An introduction to formal methods, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1994.
J.P.Bowen & J.A.Hall (eds.), Z User Workshop, Cambridge 1994,
Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1994.
URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/z/zum94.html
R.Barden, S.Stepney & D.Cooper, Z in Practice, Prentice Hall
BCS Practitioner Series, 1994.
D.Rann, J.Turner & J.Whitworth, Z: A beginner's guide. Chapman & Hall, 1994.
D.Heath, D.Allum & L.Dunckley, Introductory Logic and Formal Methods.
A.Waller, Henley-on-Thames, 1994.
L.Bottaci and J.Jones, Formal Specification using Z: A modelling approach.
International Thomson Publishing, 1995.
D.Sheppard, An Introduction to Formal Specification with Z and VDM.
McGraw Hill International Series in Software Engineering, 1995.
J.P.Bowen & M.G.Hinchey (eds.), ZUM'95: The Z Formal Specification
Notation, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
volume 967, 1995.
URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/z/zum95.html
J.P.Bowen, Formal Specification and Documentation using Z: A Case Study
Approach, International Thomson Publishing, October 1995.
URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/jonathan.bowen/zbook.html
Announced:
C.N.Dean and M.G.Hinchey (eds.), Educational Issues of Formal Methods,
Academic Press, London, March 1996.
J.Jacky, The Way of Z: Formal Methods Demystified, Cambridge University
Press, November 1996.
L.Semmens, Z for Software Engineers, Ellis Horwood Series in Computers
and Their Applications, December 1996.
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