Refinement Calculus

A Systematic Introduction

von Ralph-Johan Back, Joakim Wright

520 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Texts in Computer Science
• Themen: Informatik und Informationstechnologie Informatik Theoretische Informatik
• ISBN: 9780387984179
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.1998
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer US