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The Computer Journal 1988 31(4):313-324; doi:10.1093/comjnl/31.4.313
© 1988 by British Computer Society
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A Formal Specification of the QMC Message System: The Underlying Abstract Model*

W. T. Roberts

Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary College, London E1 4NS

Received 1 September 1986; revised 1 January 1987

This report presents an algebraic specification of the Queen Mary College (QMC) Message System, the first part of a complete specification of the user interface. There are few examples in the literature of how to go about the task of constructing an algebraic, axiomatic specification, so this paper also presents the method employed by the author to arrive at the stated specification. A brief example is given of the use of the specification in the description of a user interface, and various technical and implementation issues are discussed.

* This work was carried out as part of the Alvey project ‘Formal Aspects of Interactive Dialogues’, GR/D/1646. 8-MMI/059.


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