Table of Contents

Algebraic specification a step towards future software engineering.- How to make algebraic specifications more understandable?.- Efficient implementation of an algebraic specification language.- An integrated algebraic approach to the specification of data types, processes and objects.- Software specification by behavioural canons.- An introduction to COLD-K.- A formal specification of INGRES.- The logic MPL?.- Description algebra.- The calculus—?.- The RAP system as a tool for testing COLD specifications.- A specification of the intel 8085 microprocessor: A case study.- Specification and prototyping of a compiler for a small applicative language.- Algebraic ADT specifications of an extended relational algebra and their conversion into a working prototype.- ACP? a universal axiom system for process specification.- Modular specifications in process algebra.- An algebraic specification of process algebra, including two examples.