1993 年 3 月に S.Austin と G.I.Parkin によって書かれた"Formal Methods: A Survey" は実務や教育機関での Z の使い方と教えかたがかいてあります。コピーに 関しては DITC Office, Formal Methods Survey, National Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK (tel +44-181-943-7002, fax +44-181-977-7091) と連絡を取って下さい。
以下の本は主に Z に関するもので、出版された、あるいは出版される 予定のものです。(ほぼ年代順)
I.Hayes (ed.), Specification Case Studies, Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science, 1987. (2nd ed., 1993) URL: http://www.prenhall.com/013/832543/ptr/83254-3.html J.M.Spivey, Understanding Z: A specification language and its formal semantics, Cambridge University Press, 1988. D.Ince, An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, Formal System Specification and Z, Oxford University Press, 1988. (2nd ed., 1993) J.C.P.Woodcock & M.Loomes, Software Engineering Mathematics: Formal Methods Demystified, Pitman, 1998. (Also Addision-Wesley, 1989) J.M.Spivey, The Z Notation: A reference manual, Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science, 1989. (2nd ed., 1992) [Widely used as a de facto standard for Z. Often known as ZRM2.] A.Diller, Z: An introduction to formal methods, Wiley, 1990. J.E.Nicholls (ed.), Z user workshop, Oxford 1989, Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1990. B.Potter, J.Sinclair & D.Till, An Introduction to Formal Specification and Z, Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science, 1991. (2nd ed., due 1996) URL: http://www.prenhall.com/013/242206/ptr/24220-6.html (訳本 : ソフトウェア仕様記述の先進技法 - Z 言語,トッパン) D.Lightfoot, Formal Specification using Z, MacMillan, 1991. A.Norcliffe & G.Slater, Mathematics for Software Construction, Ellis Horwood, 1991. J.E.Nicholls (ed.), Z User Workshop, Oxford 1990, Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1991. I.Craig, The Formal Specification of Advanced AI Architectures, Ellis Horwood, 1991. M.Imperato, An Introduction to Z, Chartwell-Bratt, 1991. J.B.Wordsworth, Software Development with Z, Addison-Wesley, 1992. S.Stepney, R.Barden & D.Cooper (eds.), Object Orientation in Z, Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, August 1992. J.E.Nicholls (ed.), Z User Workshop, York 1991, Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1992. URL: http://www.imi.gla.ac.uk/springer/eWiC/Abstracts/9.html D.Edmond, Information Modeling: Specification and implementation, Prentice Hall, 1992. J.P.Bowen & J.E.Nicholls (eds.), Z User Workshop, London 1992, Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1993. URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/z/zum92.html S.Stepney, High Integrity Compilation: A case study, Prentice Hall, 1993. M.McMorran & S.Powell, Z Guide for Beginners, Blackwell Scientific, 1993. K.C.Lano & H.Haughton (eds.), Object-oriented Specification Case Studies, Prentice Hall International Object-Oriented Series, 1993. B.Ratcliff, Introducing Specification using Z: A practical case study approach, McGraw-Hill, 1994. A.Diller, Z: An introduction to formal methods, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1994. J.P.Bowen & J.A.Hall (eds.), Z User Workshop, Cambridge 1994, Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing, 1994. URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/z/zum94.html R.Barden, S.Stepney & D.Cooper, Z in Practice, Prentice Hall BCS Practitioner Series, 1994. D.Rann, J.Turner & J.Whitworth, Z: A beginner's guide. Chapman & Hall, 1994. D.Heath, D.Allum & L.Dunckley, Introductory Logic and Formal Methods. A.Waller, Henley-on-Thames, 1994. L.Bottaci and J.Jones, Formal Specification using Z: A modelling approach. International Thomson Publishing, 1995. D.Sheppard, An Introduction to Formal Specification with Z and VDM. McGraw Hill International Series in Software Engineering, 1995. J.P.Bowen & M.G.Hinchey (eds.), ZUM'95: The Z Formal Specification Notation, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 967, 1995. URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/z/zum95.html J.P.Bowen, Formal Specification and Documentation using Z: A Case Study Approach, International Thomson Publishing, October 1995. URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/jonathan.bowen/zbook.html Announced: C.N.Dean and M.G.Hinchey (eds.), Educational Issues of Formal Methods, Academic Press, London, March 1996. J.Jacky, The Way of Z: Formal Methods Demystified, Cambridge University Press, November 1996. L.Semmens, Z for Software Engineers, Ellis Horwood Series in Computers and Their Applications, December 1996.Blackwells Bookshop から オンラインの Z の本のリスト を手にいれる事ができます.