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This book is a highly practical tutorial guide to the Z specification language and its role in software development. The book illustrates how familiar procedures and decisions can be made precise using mathematics. Beginning with a case study, this book is designed to be as self-contained as possible, taking the reader through the basic concepts in logic and set theory formulating precise ideas about software systems, and combines a formal approach with practical examples of its use in software development.Wordsworth, J. B. is the author of 'Software Development with Z: A Practical Approach to Formal Methods in Software Engineering', published 1992 under ISBN 9780201627572 and ISBN 0201627574.
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