Systems construction and analysis : a mathematical and logical framework

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Systems construction and analysis : a mathematical and logical framework

Norman Fenton and Gillian Hill

(The McGraw-Hill international series in software engineering)

McGraw-Hill, c1993

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-452) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text provides the discrete mathematics needed as a rigorous foundation for the construction and analysis of application systems. Construction involves development within formal linguistic systems and analysis involves external assessment and measurement. The foundation provided by this book allows for many applications to be discussed in detail. A gentle introduction to discrete mathematics and formal systems allows a gradual pace of learning for the student and examines ideas before giving a serious exposition of mathematical logic that emphasizes the link between theories in formal languages and their models. The major programming paradigms are linked to approaches to specification and verified by the axiomatic method. This book is aimed at second and third year undergraduates, as well as MSc computing students.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Mathematical foundations: fundamentals of discrete mathematics
  • the calculus of propositional logic
  • proof
  • the calculus of predicate logic
  • proof within predicate logic
  • formal languages
  • algebra
  • the calculus of functions. Part 2 Theoretical framework for systems construction: models of computation for programming
  • verification of algorithm correctness
  • graph models for structured programming. Part 3 Theoretical framework for systems analysis
  • probability theory
  • algorithmic and computational complexity
  • coding theory
  • measurement theory.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA26562804
  • ISBN
    • 0077074319
  • LCCN
    92001487
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 465 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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