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Techniques for describing and verifying modular systems are illustrated using a simple network mail problem. The design is presented in a top-down style. At each level of refinement, the specifications of the higher level are verified from the specifications of lower level components.
This work was partially supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Contract No. F49620-77-C-0045.
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Owicki, S.S. (1979). Specification and verification of a network mail system. In: Bauer, F.L., et al. Program Construction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014669
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