{"product_id":"9789401047890","title":"Program Verification Fundamental Issues in Computer Science","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Cognitive Systems\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eProgram Verification\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFundamental Issues in Computer Science\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTimothy T.R. Colburn | J.H. Fetzer | R.L. Rankin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Artificial Intelligence \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAmong the most important problems confronting computer science  is that of developing a paradigm appropriate to the discipline.  Proponents of formal methods - such as John McCarthy, C.A.R. Hoare,  and Edgar Dijkstra - have advanced the position that computing is a  mathematical activity and that computer science should model itself  after mathematics. Opponents of formal methods - by contrast, suggest  that programming is the activity which is fundamental to computer  science and that there are important differences that distinguish it  from mathematics, which therefore cannot provide a suitable  paradigm.\u003cbr\u003e  Disagreement over the place of formal methods in computer science has  recently arisen in the form of renewed interest in the nature and  capacity of program verification as a method for establishing the  reliability of software systems. A paper that appeared in  Communications of the ACM entitled, `Program Verification: The Very  Idea', by James H. Fetzer triggered an extended debate that has been  discussed in several journals and that has endured for several years,  engaging the interest of computer scientists (both theoretical and  applied) and of other thinkers from a wide range of backgrounds who  want to understand computer science as a domain of inquiry.\u003cbr\u003e  The editors of this collection have brought together many of the most  interesting and important studies that contribute to answering  questions about the nature and the limits of computer science. These  include early papers advocating the mathematical paradigm by McCarthy,  Naur, R. Floyd, and Hoare (in Part I), others that elaborate the  paradigm by Hoare, Meyer, Naur, and Scherlis and Scott (in Part II),  challenges, limits and alternatives explored by C. Floyd, Smith, Blum,  and Naur (in Part III), and recent work focusing on formal  verification by DeMillo, Lipton, and Perlis, Fetzer, Cohn, and Colburn  (in Part IV). It provides essential resources for further study.\u003cbr\u003e  This volume will appeal to scientists, philosophers, and laypersons  who want to understand the theoretical foundations of computer science  and be appropriately positioned to evaluate the scope and limits of  the discipline. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 October 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Netherlands\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789401047890\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e458\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53262826209420,"sku":"9789401047890","price":323.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789401047890","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}