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The mathematical concepts and notational conventions we know of as Z were first proposed around 1981. Its origins were in line with the objectives of the PRG - to establish a mathematical basis for program ming concepts and to verify the work by case studies with industry. Hence among early Z users some were from academic circles, with interests in the mathematical basis of programming; others came from industry and were involved with pilot projects and case studies linked with the Programming Research Group. Four years ago we had the first Z User Meeting, a fairly modest affair with representatives more or less equally divided between academia and industry. At the first meeting there were, as in this meeting, a variety of technical papers, reports of work in progress and discussions. A number of people from industry came along, either because they had begun to use Z or were curious about the new direction. In the discussion sessions at the end of the meeting, there were calls from attendees for the establishment of a more stable base for the notation, including work on its documentation and standards. Many of these requests have now been satisfied and the notation is now being proposed for standards development.
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Table of contents (16 papers)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Z User Workshop
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Z User Meeting Oxford, 15 December 1989
Editors: John E. Nicholls
Series Title: Workshops in Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3877-8
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-19627-3Published: 24 September 1990
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-3877-8Published: 14 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1431-1682
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 279
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Jointly published with the British Computer Society
Topics: Software Engineering, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages, Logics and Meanings of Programs, Programming Techniques, IT in Business