Software Engineering 1: Abstraction and Modelling (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)

The art, craft, discipline, logic, practice, and science of developing large-scale software products needs a believable, professional base. The textbooks in this three-volume set combine informal, engineeringly sound practice with the rigour of formal, mathematics-based approaches.

Volume 1 covers the basic principles and techniques of formal methods abstraction and modelling. First this book provides a sound, but simple basis of insight into discrete mathematics: numbers, sets, Cartesians, types, functions, the Lambda Calculus, algebras, and mathematical logic. Then it trains its readers in basic property- and model-oriented specification principles and techniques. The model-oriented concepts that are common to such specification languages as B, VDM-SL, and Z are explained here using the RAISE specification language (RSL). This book then covers the basic principles of applicative (functional), imperative, and concurrent (parallel) specification programming. Finally, the volume contains a comprehensive glossary of software engineering, and extensive indexes and references.

These volumes are suitable for self-study by practicing software engineers and for use in university undergraduate and graduate courses on software engineering. Lecturers will be supported with a comprehensive guide to designing modules based on the textbooks, with solutions to many of the exercises presented, and with a complete set of lecture slides.

MSc.EE, 1962, PhD.CS 1969;IBM 1962-1975 (R&D: Sweden, California USA, Switzerland, Austria);Prof. Techn.Univ. of Denmark 1976--...;Guest Profs.: Univ. of California at Berkeley, Kiel Univ., Natl.Univ. of Singapore; Founder & Scientific Director: Dansk Datamatik Center (19791989); UN Director, UN Univ. Intl. Inst. f. Softw.Techn., Macau (1991-1997);Co-founder of (VDM now) Formal Methods Europe, 1987-...;Member of Academia Europaea;Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (AB);The Ths.Masaryk Gold Medal, Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic;The John von Neumann Medal, Hungarian Computer (JvN) Society;Knight of the Danish Flag