Reasoning about programs using operational semantics and the role of a proof support tool

A computer program is a text in a de ned programming language; each such program can be thought of as de ning state transitions | that is, the execution of a program in an initial state will result in a (or possibly one of a set of) nal state(s). A program speci cation de nes properties that relate...

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Main Author: Hughes, John Robert Derek
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.566872