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.
