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040 _beng
_erda
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100 1 _aHuth, Michael,
_d1962-
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99026047
245 1 0 _aLogic in computer science :
_bmodelling and reasoning about systems /
_cMichael Huth, Mark Ryan
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aCambridge [U.K.] ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2004.
300 _axiv, 427 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
520 1 _a"Recent years have seen the development of powerful tools for verifying hardware and software systems, as companies worldwide realise the need for improved means of validating their products. There is increasing demand for training in basic methods in formal reasoning so that students can gain proficiency in logic-based verification methods. At the same time, the shift towards internet-based distributed computing creates the need for individuals who are able to reason about sophisticated autonomous agent-oriented software acting on large networks."
520 8 _a"The second edition of this successful textbook addresses both those requirements, by continuing to provide an introduction to formal reasoning that is both relevant to the needs of modern computer science and rigorous enough for practical application. The presentation is clear and simple, with core material being described early in the book, and further technicalities introduced only where they are needed by the applications. A key feature is the full exposition of model-checking, and the new edition supports the most up-to--date versions of the tools NuSMV and Alloy
520 8 _aImprovements to the first edition have been made throughout, with extra and expanded sections on linear-time temporal logic model checking, SAT solvers, second-order logic, the Alloy specification tool, and programming by contract. The coverage of model-checking has been substantially updated. Further exercises have been added."--BOOK JACKET
650 0 _aComputer logic.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004631
650 0 _aLogic programming.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003454
700 1 _aRyan, Mark,
_d1962-
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93053240
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