1. Software for Formal Methods
Mike Rhoades
4/26/05
Cosc 481

2. Formal SpecificationsZ
Developed by Programming Research Group
Defined by OSI/IEC 13568:2002
Very popular B
Formal method for developing program code
Specification from the Abstract Machine Notation
VDM
Vienna Development Method
Originated from work done at IBM Vienna Lab.

3. Z Tool Support Community Z Tools Project
Started by Oxford Univ. Comp. Lab.
Became a sourceforge project
Used for editing, typechecking, and animating.

4. Install Community Z Tools
Download Binaries
Install Jedit
Download Java platform or better
Copy all jar files from your czt directory into jedit's jar directory.

5. Just Another Proof Editor
First Order Logic
Single & Multiple conclusion sequent calculus
Equational reasoning

6. ProofPower High Order Logic proofs Z specification proofs Unix systems
X windows front end

7. Zeta Open source Z parser ZAP for executing Z specifications
Written in Java
Supports plug-ins

8. References http://czt.sourceforge.net/ http://vl.zuser.org/

9. Questions ?