Rodin Handbook





 

1 Introduction

This handbook provides documentation for users of the Rodin toolset, which provides tools for working with Event-B models.

Event-B is a formal method for system-level modelling and analysis. Key features of Event-B are the use of set theory as a modelling notation, the use of refinement to represent systems at different abstraction levels and the use of mathematical proof to verify consistency between refinement levels.

The Rodin Platform is an Eclipse-based IDE for Event-B that provides effective support for refinement and mathematical proof. The platform is open source, contributes to the Eclipse framework and is further extensible with plugins.

This handbook covers the use of the core platform. Documentation for developers and regarding extensions can be found in the Rodin wiki (1.1.2).