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| M.D. Rice, S.B. Seidman, "A Formal Model for Module Interconnection Languages," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 88-101, January, 1994. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/32.263757, author = {M.D. Rice and S.B. Seidman}, title = {A Formal Model for Module Interconnection Languages}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {20}, number = {1}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {1994}, pages = {88-101}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.263757}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - A Formal Model for Module Interconnection Languages IS - 1 SN - 0098-5589 SP88 EP101 EPD - 88-101 A1 - M.D. Rice, A1 - S.B. Seidman, PY - 1994 KW - formal specification; specification languages; systems analysis; programming environments; module interconnection languages; formal model; hierarchical module structure design; Z schema type definitions; generic parameters; application-specific declarations; constraints; Conic; configuration language; STILE; graphical design environment; development environment; specification language VL - 20 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
A model is proposed that formalizes the design of hierarchical module structures. The model is specified by a collection of Z schema type definitions that is invariant across all applications. A particular application is described by specifying the values of generic parameters and adding application-specific declarations and constraints to the schema definitions. As applications, the definitions in the model are used to describe the Conic configuration language and the STILE graphical design and development environment.
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