Refinement Calculus

A Systematic Introduction

• Author(s): Ralph-Johan Back, Joakim Wright,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 520
• ISBN_10: 1461216745
  ISBN_13: 9781461216742
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / Computer Science , Computers / Information Technology ,

Description:... Much current research in computer science is concerned with two questions: is a program correct? And how can we improve a correct program preserving correctness? This latter question is known as the refinement of programs and the purpose of this book is to consider these questions in a formal setting. In fact, correctness turns out to be a special case of refinement and so the focus is on refinement. Although a reasonable background knowledge is assumed from mathematics and CS, the book is a self-contained introduction suitable for graduate students and researchers coming to this subject for the first time. There are numerous exercises provided of varying degrees of challenge.