Predicate Calculus and Program Semantics by Edsger W Dijkstra
This booklet presents a reasonably self-contained theory of predicate trans- former semantics. Predicate transformers were introduced by one of us (EWD) as a means for defining programming language semantics in a way that would directly support the systematic development of programs from their formal specifications. They met their original goal, but as time went on and program derivation became a more and more formal activity, their informal introduction and the fact that many of their properties had never been proved became more and more unsatisfactory. And so did the original exclusion of unbounded nondeterminacy. In 1982 we started to remedy these shortcomings. This little monograph is a result of that work. A possible -and even likely- criticism is that anyone sufficiently versed in lattice theory can easily derive all of our results himself. That criticism would be correct but somewhat beside the point. The first remark is that the average book on lattice theory is several times fatter (and probably less self- contained) than this booklet. The second remark is that the predicate transformer semantics provided only one of the reasons for going through the pains of publication.-
The Science of Programming
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A Theory of Objects
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Numerical Geometry of Non-Rigid Shapes
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Computer Systems
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Algebraic Approaches to Program Semantics
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Set Theory for Computing
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Beauty Is Our Business
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Parameterized Complexity
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A Discipline of Multiprogramming
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Asynchronous Circuits
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The Design of Well-Structured and Correct Programs
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String-Rewriting Systems
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Error-Free Polynomial Matrix Computations
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Prototyping-Oriented Software Development
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An Introduction to Formal Language Theory
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The Synthesizer Generator
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Methods and Applications of Error-Free Computation
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Adaptive Information Processing
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Reliable Computer Systems
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Programming with Sets
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Programming in Modula-2
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Adaptive Signal Processing
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Algorithmic Algebra
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Programming with Specifications
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Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms
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Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models
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Algorithmic Language and Program Development
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Object-Oriented Database Programming
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The Design and Analysis of Algorithms
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Software Configuration Management Using Vesta
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The Origins of Digital Computers
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Larch: Languages and Tools for Formal Specification
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What Computing Is All About
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ML with Concurrency
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The Synthesizer Generator Reference Manual
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Language Equations
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On a Method of Multiprogramming
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Programming Methodology
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Abstraction, Refinement and Proof for Probabilistic Systems
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Super-Recursive Algorithms
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Specification and Development of Interactive Systems
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Geometric Fundamentals of Robotics
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Evolutionary Synthesis of Pattern Recognition Systems
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Reverse Engineering of Object Oriented Code
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High Performance Discovery In Time Series
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Panoramic Vision
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| ISBN 13 | 9781461279242 |
| ISBN 10 | 1461279240 |
| Title | Predicate Calculus and Program Semantics |
| Author | Edsger W.Dijkstra |
| Series | Monographs In Computer Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Year published | 2011-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
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