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Recently Z has been adopted by the ITU as one of two preferred formal languages for describing managed objects. This paper explains why Z has been chosen and how Z can be used to specify managed objects. It also discusses how the use of Z can improve managed object specifications, and how additional techniques can improve their implementations.
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Wezeman, C., Judge, T. (1994). Z for Managed Objects. In: Bowen, J.P., Hall, J.A. (eds) Z User Workshop, Cambridge 1994. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3452-7_7
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