Tools for Lotos, a Lotosphere Overview
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LOTOS is a speciication language, but it is not very useful without a design methodology that describes the process from initial speciication construction to implementation. In this paper we discuss the tools to support such a design process. The language, method and tools are beginning to be used in realistic applications, but the research on them continues. This paper concentrates on the current state of the art, with an emphasis on the Lotosphere project because that is where most of the work is currently being conducted. Between the lines one will nd comments on a design and implementation strategy for tools.
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