Nominal Sets - Names and Symmetry in Computer Science

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Pitts FACM FBCS is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Darwin College. Klappentext The first detailed account of the basic theory and applications of nominal sets. Zusammenfassung Nominal Sets gives a detailed account of this new approach to the syntax and semantics of programming languages based on symmetries of names. Covering theory and applications! the book will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students in theoretical computer science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Theory: 1. Permutation; 2. Support; 3. Freshness; 4. Name abstraction; 5. Orbit finiteness; 6. Equivalents of Nom; Part II. Applications: 7. Inductive and conductive definitions; 8. Nominal algebraic data types; 9. Locally scoped names; 10. Functional programming; 11. Domain theory; 12. Computational logic; References; Notation index; Index.

Product details

• Authors: A. M. Pitts, Andrew Pitts, Andrew M. Pitts, Andrew M. (University of Cambridge) Pitts, Andrew. M Pitts
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2013
• EAN: 9781107017788
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01778-8
• No. of pages: 287
• Series: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science; Cambridge Tracts in Theoretica; Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science; Cambridge Tracts in Theoretica
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages