diff --git a/src/docs/chapter/user/01_The_ProB_Animator_and_Model_Checker.adoc b/src/docs/chapter/user/01_The_ProB_Animator_and_Model_Checker.adoc deleted file mode 100644 index 3cc978b6e9f6fd4deed6b4ad7a4810df6ac27960..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 --- a/src/docs/chapter/user/01_The_ProB_Animator_and_Model_Checker.adoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,114 +0,0 @@ - -[[the-prob-animator-and-modelchecker]] -= The ProB Animator and Modelchecker - -[width="100%",cols="60%,40%",] -|======================================================================= -| ProB is an animator, constraint solver and model checker for the -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-Method[B-Method] (see the -https://www.clearsy.com/en/[B-Method -site of Clearsy]). It allows fully automatic animation of B -specifications, and can be used to systematically check a specification -for a wide range of errors. The constraint-solving capabilities of ProB -can also be used for model finding, -<<constraint-based-checking,deadlock checking>> and -<<test-case-generation,test-case generation>>. - -The B language is rooted in predicate logic, arithmetic and set theory -and provides support for data structures such as (higher-order) -relations, functions and sequences. In addition to the B language, ProB -also supports http://www.event-b.org/[Event-B], -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicating_sequential_processes[CSP-M], -http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/tla.html[TLA+], -and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_notation[Z]. ProB can be installed -within http://sourceforge.net/projects/rodin-b-sharp/[Rodin], where it -comes with -https://www3.hhu.de/stups/prob/index.php/BMotion_Studio[BMotionStudio] to -easily generate domain specific graphical visualizations. (See -https://www3.hhu.de/stups/prob/[for an overview of ProB's components]). -ProB can now also be used as a - https://gitlab.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/dgelessus/prob2-jupyter-kernel[Jupyter kernel] to generate interactive notebooks. - -ProB is being used within Siemens, Alstom, Thales and several other -companies for http://www.data-validation.fr[data validation] of -complicated properties for safety critical systems. -ProB is certified T2 SIL4 according to the Cenelec EN 50128 standard for use at Thales. -In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjKnugbmrP4[a video from the Deutsche Bahn] you can see ProB animating a formal B model of the ETCS hybrid-level 3 principles in real-time, controlling two trains. -For commercial -support contact the spin-off company http://www.formalmind.com[Formal -Mind] or https://www.cs.hhu.de/lehrstuehle-und-arbeitsgruppen/softwaretechnik-und-programmiersprachen/unser-team.html[Michael -Leuschel]. - -|*1/10/2018* <<downloads,ProB 1.8.2>> is available. Highlights: improved error feedback, support Jupyter kernel, first support for Alloy models. - -*20/3/2018* <<downloads,ProB 1.8.0>> is available. Highlights: -terminal colour support, performance improvements, improved symmetry breaking. - -*5/10/2017* <<downloads,ProB 1.7.1>> is available. Highlights: -performance, Z support, export history to HTML. - -*11/7/2017* <<downloads,ProB 1.7.0>> is available. Highlights: -improved <<generating-documents-with-prob-and-latex,Latex document -generation>>, improved XML/CSV data import and export, RULE DSL language, -improvements in solver. - -*20/10/2016* <<downloads,ProB 1.6.1>> is available. Highlights: -<<generating-documents-with-prob-and-latex,Latex document -generation>>, <<tips-b-idioms,LET and IF-THEN-ELSE for expressions and -predicates>>. - -*22/4/2016* <<downloads,ProB 1.6.0>> is available. Highlights: -<<tutorial-directed-model-checking,directed model checking>>, -<<using-prob-with-z3,Z3 as backend>>, B line comments and unicode -symbols. - -*19/2/2015* <<prior-versions-of-prob,ProB 1.5.0>> is available. -<<state-space-coverage-analyses,MC/DC coverage>>, improved -<<tlc,TLC interface>>. - -*30/03/2012* <<prob-logic-calulator,ProB Logic Calculator>> -available. - -<<release-history, More in the Release History section>> - -|======================================================================= - -[[implementation]] -== Implementation - -The core of ProB is implemented in -http://www.sics.se/isl/sicstuswww/site/index.html[SICStus Prolog] (but -can be run without a SICStus Prolog license). The ProB constraint solver -is implemented using co-routining and the CLP(FD) finite domain library -of SICStus. An alternate <<using-prob-with-kodkod,constraint solver -based on Kodkod (and thus SAT)>> is also available within ProB, as is -<<using-prob-with-z3,an integration with the SMT solver Z3>>. An -alternate <<tlc,model checking engine (using TLC)>> well-suited for -lower level B specifications is also available. An integration with -https://github.com/utwente-fmt/ltsmin/releases[LTSmin] is also -available. The <<prob-licence,ProB Licence can be found here>>. -Automatically generated test -https://www3.hhu.de/stups/internal/coverage/html/[coverage reports are -also available]. - -[[features]] -== Features - -ProB covers a <<summary-of-b-syntax,large part of B>>, and we are -striving towards full coverage of Atelier B constructs. ProB supports B -features such as non-deterministic operations, arbitrary quantification, -sets, sequences, functions, lambda abstractions, set comprehensions, -records, and many more. ProB does support multiple machines, -refinements, and implementations. ProB can also be used for automated -<<refinement-checking,refinement checking>> and -<<ltl-model-checking,LTL model checking>>. It also -<<cps-m,supports almost full CSP-M>> process descriptions, to be used -on their own or to guide B machines for specification and property -validation. The state space of the specifications can be -<<graphical-viewer,graphically visualized>>. ProB also supports Z -specifications (ProB in this context is sometimes called -<<proz,ProZ>>) as well as <<tla,TLA+ specifications>>. We now also -have an online <<prob-logic-calulator,ProB Logic Calculator>>. ProB -can be used within -http://www.atelierb.eu/en/2016/02/18/atelier-b-4-3-1-is-available-for-maintenance-holders/[Atelier-B -as a disprover and prover].