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-<h1><a href=".">bandali</a>'s master of mathematics</h1>
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-<p>I graduated from the University of Waterloo with the degree of
-Master of Mathematics in Computer Science in Spring 2020. My research
-at the <a href="https://watform.uwaterloo.ca">Waterloo Formal Methods</a>
-group focused on formal logic, model checking, and verification; under
-supervision of
-<a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~nday/">Prof. Nancy Day</a>.</p>
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-<h2>A Comprehensive Study of Declarative Modelling Languages</h2>
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-<h3 id="thesis">Thesis</h3>
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-<p>Reference version:
-<a href="https://p.bndl.org/bandali-mmath-thesis.pdf">pdf</a> |
-<a href="bandali.bib">bib</a><br />
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-<span class="tex">L<sup>a</sup>T<sub>e</sub>X</span> sources:
-<a href="https://p.bndl.org/bandali-mmath-thesis.tar.gz">tar.gz</a> |
-<a href="https://p.bndl.org/bandali-mmath-thesis.zip">zip</a></p>
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-<summary>Abstract</summary>
-<blockquote>
-<p>Declarative behavioural modelling is a powerful modelling paradigm
-that enables users to model system functionality abstractly and
-formally. An abstract model is a concise and compact representation
-of key characteristics of a system, and enables the stakeholders to
-reason about the correctness of the system in the early stages of
-development.</p>
-
-<p>There are many different declarative languages and they have
-greatly varying constructs for representing a transition system, and
-they sometimes differ in rather subtle ways. In this thesis, we
-compare seven formal declarative modelling languages B, Event-B,
-Alloy, Dash, TLA<sup>+</sup>, PlusCal, and AsmetaL on several
-criteria. We classify these criteria under three main categories:
-structuring transition systems (control modelling), data descriptions
-in transition systems (data modelling), and modularity aspects of
-modelling. We developed this comparison by completing a set of case
-studies across the data- vs. control-oriented spectrum in all of the
-above languages.</p>
-
-<p>Structurally, a transition system is comprised of a snapshot
-declaration and snapshot space, initialization, and a transition
-relation, which is potentially composed of individual transitions.
-We meticulously outline the differences between the languages with
-respect to how the modeller would express each of the above components
-of a transition system in each language, and include discussions
-regarding stuttering and inconsistencies in the transition relation.
-Data-related aspects of a formal model include use of basic and
-composite datatypes, well-formedness and typechecking, and separation
-of name spaces with respect to global and local variables. Modularity
-criteria includes subtransition systems and data decomposition.
-We employ a series of small and concise exemplars we have devised to
-highlight these differences in each language. To help modellers
-answer the important question of which declarative modelling language
-may be most suited for modelling their system, we present
-recommendations based on our observations about the differentiating
-characteristics of each of these languages.</p>
-</blockquote>
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-<summary>License</summary>
-<pre>
-This thesis is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This thesis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this thesis. If not, see <<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>>.
-</pre>
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-<p>A copy of the GNU General Public License is available from the
-COPYING file included in both of
-the <span class="tex">L<sup>a</sup>T<sub>e</sub>X</span> source
-archives linked above.</p>
-
-<h3 id="presentation">Presentation</h3>
-
-<p>Reference version:
-pdf (coming soon)<br />
-<span class="tex">L<sup>a</sup>T<sub>e</sub>X</span> sources:
-tar.gz | zip (coming soon)</p>
-
-<p>This is the presentation I delivered to my supervisor and the
-second readers of my thesis on Jun 30, 2020, as
-<a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/events/masters-thesis-presentation-formal-methods-comprehensive-study-declarative-modelling-languages">announced</a>
-on the Cheriton School of Computer Science website.</p>
-
-<h3 id="models">Models</h3>
-
-<p>Reference version:
-tar.gz | zip (coming soon)</p>
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-<summary>Copyright © 2020 bandali</summary>
-<p>Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
-modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the
-copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered
-as-is, without any warranty.</p>
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