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, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | Texts in Computer Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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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| Physical Description: | XVI, 520 p. 11 illus online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781461216742 |