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When specifying systems which have some real-time or safety-critical aspect to them, it has been suggested that the specification must necessarily represent properties of the system other than just functionality, for example, properties which could be examined might include timeliness, security and dependability.
In order to assist in generating specifications which incorporate nonfunctional properties, the TARDIS framework [Lister90] for describing distributed, dependable systems has been developed. Since TARDIS provides only a framework, it is necessary to devise techniques for using specification languages and methods within TARDIS. This paper discusses the implications of using the Z specification language within TARDIS, and goes on to identify requirements for a tool which can be used to generate Z specifications within this paradigm.
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Coombes, A., McDermid, J. (1991). A Tool for Defining the Architecture of Z Specifications. In: Nicholls, J.E. (eds) Z User Workshop, Oxford 1990. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3540-1_6
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