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This book
constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Abstract
State Machines, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, and Z, ABZ 2016, held in Linz, Austria, in
May 2016.

The 17 full and 15 short papers presented in this volume were carefully
reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. They record the latest research
developments in state-based formal methods Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B,
Circus, Event-B, TLS+, VDM and Z.

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Modeling Distributed Algorithms by Abstract State
Machines Compared to Petri Nets.- A Universal Control Construct for Abstract
State Machines.- Encoding TLA+ into Many-Sorted First-Order Logic.- Proving
Determinacy of PharOS in TLA+.- A Rigorous Correctness Proof for Pastry.- Enabling
Analysis for B and Event-B.- A Compact Encoding of Sequential ASMs in Event-B.-
Proof Assisted Symbolic Model Checking for B and Event-B.- On Component-based
Reuse for Event-B.- Using B and ProB for Data Validation Projects.- Generating
Event-B Specifications from Algorithm Descriptions.- Formal Proofs of
Termination Detection for Local Computations by Refinement-Based Compositions.-
How to Select the Suitable Formal Method for an Industrial Application: A
Survey.- Unified Syntax for Abstract State Machines.- A Relational Encoding for
a Clash-Free Subset of ASMs.- Towards an ASM Thesis for Reflective SequentialAlgorithms.- A Model-based Transformation Approach to Reuse and Retarget CASM Specifications.-
Modeling a Discrete Wet-Dry Algorithm for Hurricane Storm Surge in Alloy.- `The
Tinker´ for Rodin.- A Graphical Tool for Event Refinement Structures in
Event-B.- Rodin Platform Why3 plug-in.- Semi-Automated Design Space Exploration
for Formal Modelling.- Handling Continuous Functions in Hybrid Systems Reconfigurations:
A Formal Event-B Development.- UC-B: Use Case Modelling with Event-B.- Interactive
Model Repair by Synthesis.- SysML2B: Automatic Tool for B Project Graphical
Architecture Design using SysML.- Mechanized Refinement of Communication Models
with TLA+.- A Super Industrial Application of PSGraph.- The Hemodialysis
Machine Case Study.- How to Assure Correctness and Safety of Medical Software:
The Hemodialysis Machine Case Study.- Validating the Requirements and Design of
a Hemodialysis Machine Using iUML-B, BMotionStudio, and Co-simulation.- Hemodialysis
Machine in Hybrid Event-B.- Modeling a Hemodialysis Machine using Algebraic
State-Transition Diagrams and B-like Methods.- Modelling the Haemodialysis
Machine with Circus.

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