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G53FSP Formal Specification

G53FSP Formal Specification. Dr. Rong Qu. Course Introduction. http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~rxq/g53fsp. Formal Specification Definition. Covers a range of topics Mathematical specification of programming language Application of formal methods in the management of large software projects

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G53FSP Formal Specification

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  1. G53FSPFormal Specification Dr. Rong Qu Course Introduction http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~rxq/g53fsp G53FSP Formal Specifications

  2. Formal Specification Definition • Covers a range of topics • Mathematical specification of programming language • Application of formal methods in the management of large software projects • Use of formal mathematical techniques in program development is becoming more important as systems become more complex and crucial G53FSP Formal Specifications

  3. Course Aims • English “requirements specification” of a computer systems an exact formal specification required in program • Understand the principles of Formal Specification techniques via mathematical methods • Be able to read and write specifications in Z G53FSP Formal Specifications

  4. Course Aims • Z language • Developed at Oxford • Widely accepted • Other methods also available G53FSP Formal Specifications

  5. Course Context G51MCS Mathematics for Computer Scientists G51MC2 Mathematics for Computer Science 2 G53FSP Formal Specification G53FSP Formal Specifications

  6. Pre-requisites • Rely heavily on • Set theory • First order predicate logic • First part of this module • Set theory • Relations and functions • Sequences, etc G53FSP Formal Specifications

  7. Who Can Attend? • Third-year • Single Honors • Joint Honors Computer Science • Other students from outside the School • who fulfilled the pre-requisites for admissions to the module G53FSP Formal Specifications

  8. Course Introduction • Lectures • Handouts/notes, summary of each lecture • Speak properly (louder, clearer, faster, slower) • Feedback on coursework • Course content not too much / too little G53FSP Formal Specifications

  9. Course Introduction • Lectures • 2 slots per week • Lectures, tutorial, coursework feedback, etc • About 16 hours • Lecture Times and Locations • Tue 13:00 (C3 Exchange Building) • Thur 15:00 (C1 Exchange Building) G53FSP Formal Specifications

  10. Text Book • E. Burke and E. Foxley. Logic and its Applications. Prentice Hall. International Series in Computer Science. Second Printing. 1996. ~9 in GGL, UoN G53FSP Formal Specifications

  11. Useful Reading • David Lightfoot. Formal Specification using Z. Palgrave, 2001 • Well written easy to understand G53FSP Formal Specifications

  12. Useful Reading • Antoni Diller. An Introduction to Formal Methods. 2nd Edition. John Wiley, 1994. • Comprehensive tutorial intro • Practical exercises • Code G53FSP Formal Specifications

  13. Course Assessment • 100% on coursework • 3 pieces of coursework • 15%: 2 exercises (Burke & Foxley book) • 35%: 4 exercises (Burke & Foxley book) • 50%: 1 handout • Non-assessed exercise (latex, 2 exercises) • Need to be formatted electronically using a proper Z pre-processor • Roff, latex G53FSP Formal Specifications

  14. Coursework Schedule • Coursework • Is already available • Closing dates 15:30pm on the day • Hand in to school’s support office • No further extensions G53FSP Formal Specifications

  15. Course Outline • Lecture 1 & 2 – introduction • Background knowledge • FSP introduction • specifications, formal methods advantages and disadvantages • Lecture 3-5 – mathematical background • Propositional calculus, predicate calculus, set theory, bags, relations, functions, sequences, recursion and induction G53FSP Formal Specifications

  16. Course Outline • Lecture 6-16 – the Z specification language • Schemas: information schemas, state schema, observation or query schema, axiom schema • Algebra: operations on Z schema • Large system case study • Coursework and exercises walkthrough G53FSP Formal Specifications

  17. Course Information • Course web page • http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~rxq/g53fsp • All lecture notes online • All coursework • Course schedule – please check updates during the course • Supplementary materials G53FSP Formal Specifications

  18. Summary • Aims of the course • Textbooks • Lectures, course outline • Assessment, coursework schedule • Course web page G53FSP Formal Specifications

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