Reeve, GregReeves, Steve2008-03-192007-03-132008-03-192000-12-01Reeeve, G. & Reeves, S. (2000). µ-Charts and Z: Examples and extensions. In Proceedings: Seventh Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference: APSEC 2000: 5-8 December 2000, Singapore. (pp. 258-263). Los Alamitos, Calif.: IEEE Computer Society Press.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/76μ-Charts are a way of specifying reactive systems, i.e. systems which are in some environment to which they have to react, based on the well-established formalism Statecharts. This paper gives (very abbreviated) examples of translating μ-charts to Z, which is itself a well-established language for specifying computational systems with tried and tested methods and support tools which guide its effective use in systems development. We undertake this translation in order that investigation of the modelled system can be performed before expensive and lengthy implementation is considered. We also present an extension of the μ-charts and the related Z to deal with a simple command language, local variables and integer-valued signals.application/pdfen©2000 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.formal specificationspecification languagesµ-Chartsreactive systems specificationstatechartsZ languagespecification languagesystems developmentcommand languagelocal variablesinteger-valued signalsConference Contribution10.1109/APSEC.2000.896707