Lectures

Lecture Timetable

In this table, green entries have been released to students, black entries are in draft form or not yet available, while red entries indicate activities that have been completed.

Week	Date	Lecture	Objs	Content	Notes	PDFs
1	14 Jul	01	1,2,4	Introduction to this Unit, Introduction to B	1-2	1-25
1	16 Jul	02	1,2,4	Introduction to B , Revision of Set Theory	2-4, 1-2	26-50, 1-22
2	21 Jul	03	1	Revision of Set Theory, Abstract Machines	1-2	23-54, 1-8
2	23 Jul	04		Abstract Machines, Abrial's Introduction to Event-B	NA	9-63, 1-13
3	28 Jul	05		Abrial's Introduction to Event-B	NA	14-34
3	30 Jul	06		Formal Definitions of Relations, Functions and Sequences	1-13	1-63
4	04 Aug	07		Birthday Book tutorial (Using Rodin), Library Case Study	NA	2-4, 1-20
4	06 Aug	08	1	Abrial's Mathematical Background	NA	1-68
5	11 Aug	09	1,2,4,10	Abrial's Mathematical Background	NA	69-133
5	13 Aug	10	12,13	The Square Root Machine	1-9	1-28
6	18 Aug	11		Preconditions and Guards, Substitutions		1-60, 1-62
6	20 Aug	12		Generalized Substitutions	1-11	1-117
7	25 Aug	13		Semantics and Proof Obligations in Event-B	1-8	1-82
7	27 Aug	14	13	The Bridge Problem	1-12	1-12
8	01 Sep	15		(Lecture Cancelled)
8	03 Sep	16		(Lecture Cancelled)
9	08 Sep	17		(Lecture Cancelled)
9	10 Sep	18		Discussion of Assignment 1, CURRENCY and PURSE components.
10	15 Sep	19		Abrial Proof Obligations		1-61
10	17 Sep	20		The File Protocol		1-62
11	22 Sep	21		The File Protocol		63-121
11	24 Sep	22		Refinement Revisited		1-89
	29 Sep	-		Mid-semester (!) break - no lectures this week
	01 Oct	-		Mid-semester (!) break - no lectures this week
12	06 Oct	23		Refinement Revisited		90-151
12	08 Oct	24		Refinement Revisited lectopia recording		152-245
13	13 Oct	25		revision
13	15 Oct	26		revision Lectopia recording of revision discussion

Lectures

The lectures will be held at 2pm in S10 on Mondays and 10am in H5 on Wednesdays.

The lectures are based upon a set of slides kindly supplied by A/Prof Ken Robinson, of the University of New South Wales (where I did my PhD) and available on-line. The text book, The B-Method, by Steve Schneider, is also used to support the lecture content, although be aware that the book describes a slightly earlier notation, the B Method. In this unit, we will be dealing with the Event-B notation.

Each learning module has an index page (accessed by clicking the name of the learning module entries in the on-line table) which gives links not only to the slides used in this learning module, but also related learning materials. Links under "Slides" are to the slides used in lectures, while links under "Notes" are to a form more suitable for printing.

Important Note: The index pages also contain links to other supporting material that will also be used in lectures. Do not make the mistake of thinking that the lecture notes define the examinable material for the unit! Examinable material is all that material covered in lectures and in documents referenced in these pages (such as tutorials and assignments, including the discussions), unless otherwise specified.

A good way of deciding whether learning materials made available in this unit are examinable is to check them against the unit objectives. If they relate to the unit objectives, they are examinable!

Please bear in mind that at the time of writing, not all materials to be used in the lectures have been identified. This page will be updated regularly to reflect past practice, current happenings, and future intentions. Lines in red represent completed activities.

Document History

20080807:092358	7.1.0	ajh	added week number to timetable
20080707:095812	7.0.0	ajh	initial version for 2008

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