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Record Nr.

UNISA996465704003316

Titolo

Verification: Theory and Practice [[electronic resource] ] : Essays Dedicated to Zohar Manna on the Occasion of His 64th Birthday / / edited by Nachum Dershowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2003

ISBN

3-540-39910-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2003.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 788 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 2772

Disciplina

005.1/4

Soggetti

Software engineering

Computer logic

Special purpose computers

Programming languages (Electronic computers)

Computers

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Logics and Meanings of Programs

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

Software Engineering

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Computation by Abstract Devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontispiece: Zohar Manna -- Pæan to Zohar Manna -- Technical Papers -- A Logic of Object-Oriented Programs -- Formal Analysis of Hierarchical State Machines -- Abstraction as the Key for Invariant Verification -- Domain Engineering: a “Radical Innovation” for Software and Systems Engineering? A Biased Account -- The ASM Ground Model Method as a Foundation of Requirements Engineering -- A Functional Calculus for Specification and Verification of Nondeterministic Interactive Systems -- Notes from the Logbook of a Proof-Checker’s Project -- Counterexamples Revisited: Principles, Algorithms, Applications -- Easy Intruder Deductions -- Verification by Abstract



Interpretation.

Sommario/riassunto

This festschrift volume constitutes a unique tribute to Zohar Manna on the occasion of his 64th birthday. Like the scientific work of Zohar Manna, the 32 research articles span the entire scope of the logical half of computer science. Also included is a paean to Zohar Manna by the volume editor. The articles presented are devoted to the theory of computing, program semantics, logics of programs, temporal logic, automated deduction, decision procedures, model checking, concurrent systems, reactive systems, hardware and software verification, testing, software engineering, requirements specification, and program synthesis.