Software Abstractions: Logic, Language, and Analysis

Jackson, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0262017156 / ISBN 13: 9780262017152

Published by Mit Pr, 2012

About this Item

Near Fine condition hardcover book, no dust jacket. Revised Edition. Shelf wear, shallow scratches, and shallow indentations to covers. Light bumping to spine ends. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block edges are clean. No other imperfections. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Software Abstractions: Logic, Language, and Analysis
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262017156
• ISBN 13: 9780262017152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

An approach to software design that introduces a fully automated analysis giving designers immediate feedback, now featuring the latest version of the Alloy language.

In Software Abstractions Daniel Jackson introduces an approach to software design that draws on traditional formal methods but exploits automated tools to find flaws as early as possible. This approach—which Jackson calls “lightweight formal methods” or “agile modeling”—takes from formal specification the idea of a precise and expressive notation based on a tiny core of simple and robust concepts but replaces conventional analysis based on theorem proving with a fully automated analysis that gives designers immediate feedback. Jackson has developed Alloy, a language that captures the essence of software abstractions simply and succinctly, using a minimal toolkit of mathematical notions. This revised edition updates the text, examples, and appendixes to be fully compatible with Alloy 4.

About the Author

Daniel Jackson is Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and leads the Software Design Group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT.