Temporal Logic and State Systems (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)

Temporal logic has developed over the last 30 years into a powerful formal setting for the specification and verification of state-based systems. Based on university lectures given by the authors, this book is a comprehensive, concise, uniform, up-to-date presentation of the theory and applications of linear and branching time temporal logic; TLA (Temporal Logic of Actions); automata theoretical connections; model checking; and related theories.

All theoretical details and numerous application examples are elaborated carefully and with full formal rigor, and the book will serve as a basic source and reference for lecturers, graduate students and researchers.

Fred Krger:Since 1971 working in Computer Science1980-1986 Professor for Computer Science at Technical University of MunichSince 1986 Professor for Computer Science at University of Munich1987 World-wide first textbook on Temporal Logic ("Temporal Logic of Programs", Springer)Stephan Merz:1992 Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Munich1995-2002 Assistant Professor for Computer Science, University of Munichsince 2002 Senior Researcher, INRIA Lorraine, Nancy