Logics of Specification Languages
Contributor(s): Bjørner, Dines [editor.] | Henson, Martin C [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science, An EATCS Series: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.Description: XXII, 624 p. 69 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540741077.Subject(s): Computer science | Software engineering | Computers | Computer logic | Mathematical logic | Computer Science | Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages | Software Engineering | Logics and Meanings of Programs | Theory of ComputationDDC classification: 005.131 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Preludium -- An Overview -- The Languages -- Abstract State Machines for the Classroom -- The event-B Modelling Method: Concepts and Case Studies -- A Methodological Guide to the CafeOBJ Logic -- Casl — the Common Algebraic Specification Language -- Duration Calculus -- The Logic of the RAISE Specification Language -- The Specification Language TLA+ -- The Typed Logic of Partial Functions and the Vienna Development Method -- Z Logic and Its Applications -- Postludium -- Reviews.
By a specification language we understand a formal system of syntax, semantics and proof rules. The syntax and semantics define a language; the proof rules define a proof system. Specifications are expressions in the language, and reasoning over properties of these specifications is done within the proof system. This book presents comprehensive studies on nine specification languages and their logics of reasoning. The editors and authors are authorities on these specification languages and their application. Dedicated chapters address: the use of ASM (Abstract State Machines) in the classroom; the Event-B modelling method; a methodological guide to CafeOBJ logic; CASL, the Common Algebraic Specification Language; the Duration Calculus; the logic of the RAISE specification language (RSL); the specification language TLA+; the typed logic of partial functions and the Vienna Development Method (VDM); and Z logic and its applications. Each chapter is self-contained, with references, and symbol and concept indexes. Finally, in a unique feature, the book closes with short commentaries on the specification languages written by researchers closely associated with their original development. With extensive references and pointers to future developments, this book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students engaged with formal specification languages.
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