Concise Guide to Formal Methods: Theory, Fundamentals and

Concise Guide to Formal Methods: Theory, Fundamentals and Industry Applications (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

This invaluable textbook/reference provides an easy-to-read guide to the fundamentals of formal methods, highlighting the rich applications of formal methods across a diverse range of areas of computing.
Topics and features: introduces the key concepts in software engineering, software reliability and dependability, formal methods, and discrete mathematics; presents a short history of logic, from Aristotleâ€™s syllogistic logic and the logic of the Stoics, through Booleâ€™s symbolic logic, to Fregeâ€™s work on predicate logic; covers propositional and predicate logic, as well as more advanced topics such as fuzzy logic, temporal logic, intuitionistic logic, undefined values, and the applications of logic to AI; examines the Z specification language, the Vienna Development Method (VDM) and Irish School of VDM, and the unified modelling language (UML); discusses Dijkstraâ€™s calculus of weakest preconditions, Hoareâ€™s axiomatic semantics of programming languages, and the classical approach of Parnas and his tabular expressions; provides coverage of automata theory, probability and statistics, model checking, and the nature of proof and theorem proving; reviews a selection of tools available to support the formal methodist, and considers the transfer of formal methods to industry; includes review questions and highlights key topics in every chapter, and supplies a helpful glossary at the end of the book.
This stimulating guide provides a broad and accessible overview of formal methods for students of computer science and mathematics curious as to how formal methods are applied to the field of computing.
Country USA
Brand Springer
Manufacturer Springer
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 29530467
ReleaseDate 2017-08-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783319640204

Country	USA
Brand	Springer
Manufacturer	Springer
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	29530467
ReleaseDate	2017-08-24
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783319640204

Concise Guide to Formal Methods: Theory, Fundamentals and Industry Applications (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

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