Refinement Calculus : a Systematic Introduction /
Much current research in computer science is concerned with two questions: is a program correct? And how can we improve a correct program preserving correctness? This latter question is known as the refinement of programs and the purpose of this book is to consider these questions in a formal settin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1998.
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| Series: | Graduate texts in computer science.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Much current research in computer science is concerned with two questions: is a program correct? And how can we improve a correct program preserving correctness? This latter question is known as the refinement of programs and the purpose of this book is to consider these questions in a formal setting. In fact, correctness turns out to be a special case of refinement and so the focus is on refinement. Although a reasonable background knowledge is assumed from mathematics and CS, the book is a self-contained introduction suitable for graduate students and researchers coming to this subject for the first time. There are numerous exercises provided of varying degrees of challenge. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 519 pages 27 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9781461216742 (electronic bk.) 1461216745 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1868-0941 |