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In this paper OBM, a method for developing concurrent systems in a formal framework is described. The method arose from an industrially collaborative project, and has been used, in various forms, to specify parts of operating systems, databases and retail systems.

OBM allows a system to be gradually refined by levelled descriptions. Varying granularities of activities can be specified, Most importantly, OBM has a formal basis to enable refinement to be verified. In this paper, this framework is applied to process modelling.

This work was was carried out whilst all authors were at the University of Manchester, and was supported by UK SERC grants GR/J11034 and GR/J48979.

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Keane, J.A., Sa, J., Warboys, B.C. (1994). Applying a concurrent formal framework to process modelling. In: Naftalin, M., Denvir, T., Bertran, M. (eds) FME '94: Industrial Benefit of Formal Methods. FME 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 873. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58555-9_101

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