This book
constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Abstract
State Machines, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, and Z, ABZ 2016, held in Linz, Austria, in
May 2016.
The 17 full and 15 short papers presented in this volume were carefully
reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. They record the latest research
developments in state-based formal methods Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B,
Circus, Event-B, TLS+, VDM and Z.
