# Towards an ASM thesis for reflective sequential algorithms

 Authors Flavio FerrarottiLoredana TecJose Maria Turull Torres Editors Michael ButlerKlaus-Dieter ScheweAtif MashkoorMiklós Biró Title Towards an ASM thesis for reflective sequential algorithms Booktitle Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, and Z - Proc. ABZ 2016 Type in proceedings Publisher Springer Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 9676 ISBN 978-3-319-33599-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33600-8_16 Month May Year 2016 Pages 244-249 Abstract Starting from Gurevich's thesis for sequential algorithms (the so-called \sequential ASM thesis"), we propose a characterization of the behaviour of sequential algorithms enriched with reflection. That is, we present a set of postulates which we conjecture capture the fundamental properties of reflective sequential algorithms (RSAs). Then we discuss the plausibility of an ASM thesis for the class of RSAs, defining a model of abstract state machine (which we call reflective ASM) that we conjecture captures the class of RSAs as defined by our postulates.