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  title info:
    title: Modelling Computing Systems
    sub title: Mathematics for Computer Science
  name:
    name part: Moller, Faron.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Struth, Georg.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxk
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 500 p. 46 illus. online resource.
  abstract: We have all experienced delays and frustrations as a result of the notorious ‘computer glitch.’ However, the more dependent we become on computational systems in our daily lives, the more we must ensure that they are safe, reliable and user-friendly. This engaging textbook presents the fundamental mathematics and modelling techniques for computing systems in a novel and light-hearted way, which can be easily followed by students at the very beginning of their university education. Key concepts are taught through a large collection of challenging yet fun mathematical games and logical puzzles that require no prior knowledge about computers. The text begins with intuition and examples as a basis from which precise concepts are then developed; demonstrating how, by working within the confines of a precise structured method, the occurrence of errors in the system can be drastically reduced. Topics and features: Introduces important concepts from discrete mathematics as the basis of computational thinking, presented in a stimulating and motivating style Demonstrates how game theory provides a paradigm for an intuitive understanding of the nature of computation Contains more than 400 exercises throughout the text, with detailed solutions to half of these presented at the end of the book, together with numerous theorems, definitions and examples Describes an approach to the modelling of computing systems based on state transition systems, exploring the languages and techniques for expressing and reasoning about systems specifications and concurrent implementations This clearly written and classroom-tested textbook/reference is essential reading for first-year undergraduate modules on discrete mathematics and systems modelling.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Part I: Mathematics for Computer Science -- Propositional Logic -- Sets -- Boolean Algebras and Circuits -- Predicate Logic -- Proof Strategies -- Functions -- Relations -- Inductive and Recursive Definitions -- Proofs by Induction -- Games and Strategies -- Part II: Modelling Computing Systems -- Modelling Processes -- Distinguishing Between Processes -- Logical Properties of Processes -- Concurrent Processes -- Temporal Properties.
  note: by Faron Moller, Georg Struth.
  subject:
    topic: Computer science
  subject:
    topic: Computer logic
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical logic
  subject:
    topic: Computer science
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Computer Science
  subject:
    topic: Logics and Meanings of Programs
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages
  subject:
    topic: Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science
  subject:
    topic: Math Applications in Computer Science
  classification: QA76.9.L63
  classification: QA76.5913
  classification: QA76.63
  classification: 005.1015113
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
  identifier: 9781848003224
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-322-4
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    record creation date: 130710
    record change date: 20151204143627.0
    record identifier: 978-1-84800-322-4