Proposal of an Algorithm to Generate VDM++ Specification Based on its Grammar by Using Word Lists Extracted from the Natural Language Specification

Abstract

This study attempts to generate a VDM++ specification automatically from a natural language specification by machine learning. In the automatic generation of a VDM++ specification, it is necessary to extract words that consist of predicates and nouns from the natural language specifications. The predicates are corresponding to functions and nouns are corresponding to variables, respectively. However, it is difficult to use the extracted nouns and predicates along with the grammar of VDM++ specification. A VDM++ specification cannot be described from the only extracted nouns and predicates.