Semantics with Applications: An Appetizer

• Main Authors: Nielson, Hanne Riis (Author), Nielson, Flemming (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer logic.; Computer Science.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.

Semantics will have an important role to play in the future development of software systems and domain specific languages, and there is a real need for an introductory book that presents the fundamental ideas behind these approaches; stresses their relationship by formulating and proving the relevan...

Table of Contents:

• Operational Semantics
• More on Operational Semantics
• Provably Correct Implementation
• Denotational Semantics
• More on Denotational Semantics
• Program Analysis
• More on Program Analysis
• Axiomatic Program Verification
• More on Axiomatic Program Verification
• Further Reading.