TY - BOOK AU - Mccluskey T.L AU - Turner J.G TI - The Construction of Formal Specifications / An Introduction to the Model-Based and Algebraic Approaches SN - 77077350 PY - 1994/// PB - Mcgraw Hill Book Company N2 - An accessible guide to the widely used VDM and algebraic approaches to the formal specification of software systems. Preface, Introduction to Formal Specification, Mathematical Structure for Formal Specification, The Sequence and Map Types, Building up VDM Specifications, Algebraic Specification of Abstract Data Types, Algebras and Abstract Data Types, Building Larger Specifications, Prototyping Algebraic Specifications, Background and Comparison and Summary, Glossary, Index ER -