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Michael Butler publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Butler sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 310 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Michael Butler D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Butler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Butler is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields including Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Information Systems.

Their work covers various main topics such as Formal Methods in Verification, Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy, Software Reliability and Analysis Research, Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies, Logic, Programming, and Type Systems, Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques, and Information and Cyber Security.

Michael Butler has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications found predominantly in venues including Science of Computer Programming, Technische Universität Berlin - Universitätsbibliothek, Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, Safety Science, and the Journal of Systems Architecture.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "An STPA-based formal composition framework for trustworthy autonomous maritime systems," 2021, Safety Science
  • "Precise Modelling of Compensating Business Transactions and its Application to BPEL," 2020, TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
  • "Domain-specific scenarios for refinement-based methods," 2020, Journal of Systems Architecture
  • "A fairness-based refinement strategy to transform liveness properties in Event-B models," 2022, Science of Computer Programming
  • "Structuring Functional Requirements of Control Systems to Facilitate Refinement-based Formalisation," 2024, Technische Universität Berlin - Universitätsbibliothek

Their frequent coauthors include Thai Son Hoang, Colin Snook, Asieh Salehi Fathabadi, Dana Dghaym, and Jacob G. Oakley.

Best Publications

  • Rodin: an open toolset for modelling and reasoning in Event-B

    Jean-Raymond Abrial;Michael Butler;Stefan Hallerstede;Thai Son Hoang

  • ProB: A Model Checker for B

    Michael Leuschel;Michael J. Butler

  • ProB : an automated analysis toolset for the B method

    Michael Leuschel;Michael Butler

  • UML-B: Formal modeling and design aided by UML

    Colin Snook;Michael Butler

  • A trace semantics for long-running transactions

    Michael Butler;Tony Hoare;Carla Ferreira

  • An open extensible tool environment for event-b

    Jean-Raymond Abrial;Michael Butler;Stefan Hallerstede;Laurent Voisin

  • An Operational Semantics for StAC, a Language for Modelling Long-Running Business Transactions

    Michael J. Butler;Carla Ferreira

  • Decomposition Structures for Event-B

    Michael Butler

  • Combining CSP and b for specification and property verification

    Michael Butler;Michael Leuschel

  • FM 2011: Formal Methods

    Michael Butler;Wolfram Schulte

  • csp2B: A Practical Approach to Combining CSP and B

    Michael J. Butler

  • Roadmap for enhanced languages and methods to aid verification

    Gary T. Leavens;Jean-Raymond Abrial;Don Batory;Michael Butler

  • A CSP Approach to Action Systems

    Michael John Butler

  • UML-B and Event-B: an integration of languages and tools

    Colin Snook;Michael Butler

  • An Approach to the Design of Distributed Systems with B AMN

    Michael J. Butler

  • An incremental development of the Mondex system in Event-B

    Michael Butler;Divakar Yadav

  • Decomposition tool for event-B

    Renato Silva;Carine Pascal;Thai Son Hoang;Michael Butler

  • Stepwise refinement of communicating systems

    Michael J. Butler

  • Abstract State Machines, B and Z

    Egon Börger;Michael Butler;Jonathan P. Bowen;Paul Boca

  • Practical theory extension in event-B

    Michael Butler;Issam Maamria

  • Distributed System Development in B

    M. Butler;M. Walden

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Leuschel
Michael Leuschel Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Pieter H. Hartel
Pieter H. Hartel Delft University of Technology
Alexander Romanovsky
Alexander Romanovsky Newcastle University
Cliff B. Jones
Cliff B. Jones Newcastle University
Nick Evans
Nick Evans University of Southampton
Juan Carlos Augusto
Juan Carlos Augusto Middlesex University
Egon Börger
Egon Börger University of Pisa
Vladimiro Sassone
Vladimiro Sassone University of Southampton
Bashir M. Al-Hashimi
Bashir M. Al-Hashimi King's College London

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