Proving the Correctness of Behavioural Implementations

We introduce a concept of behavioural implementation for algebraic specifications which is based on an indistinguishability relation (called behavioural equality). The central objective of this work is the investigation of proof rules that first allow us to establish the correctness of behavioural implementations in a modular way and moreover are practicable enough to induce proof obligations that can be discharged with existing theorem provers. Our proof technique can also be applied for proving abstractor implementations in the sense of Sannella and Tarlecki.