Recent Trends in Data Type Specification

The Ninth Workshop on Specification of Abstract Data Types was held jointly with the Fourth COMPASS Workshop in Spain in 1992. The main topics covered were: object-oriented specifications, rewriting methods, specification languages and associated tools, type systems, and algebraic specification of concurrency. Research in the area of abstract data types started about 20 years ago. Since then there has been continuous activity with strong influence both on the applications and the theoretical foundations of methodologies for software design. The Ninth Workshop on Specification of Abstract Data Types was held jointly with the Fourth COMPASS Workshop in Spain in 1992. The main topics covered were: object-oriented specifications, rewriting methods, specification languages and associated tools, type systems, and algebraic specification of concurrency. This volumes contains four invited papers presented at the workshop together with the final versions of 17 contributed papers selected after a careful refereeing process from 46 submissions.

This book contains a strictly refereed selection of revised full papers chosen from the papers accepted for presentation during the 11th Workshop on Abstract Data Types held jointly with the 8th COMPASS Workshop in Oslo, Norway, in September 1995. The 25 research papers included were chosen from 57 pre-selected workshop presentations; This book contains a strictly refereed selection of revised full papers chosen from the papers accepted for presentation during the 11th Workshop on Abstract Data Types held jointly with the 8th COMPASS Workshop in Oslo, Norway, in September 1995. The 25 research papers included were chosen from 57 pre-selected workshop presentations; also included are six invited contributions. The volume reports the progress achieved in the area of algebraic specification since the predecessor meeting held in May 1994.