Multidimensional Programming (Hardcover, New)

This book describes a powerful language for multidimensional declarative programming called Lucid. Lucid has evolved considerably in the past ten years. The main catalyst for this metamorphosis was the discovery that Lucid is based on intensional logic, one commonly used in studying natural languages. Intensionality, and more specifically indexicality, has enabled Lucid to implicitly express multidimensional objects that change, a fundamental capability with several consequences which are explored in this book. The author covers a broad range of topics, from foundations to applications, and from implementations to implications. The role of intensional logic in Lucid as well as its consequences for programming in general is discussed. The syntax and mathematical semantics of the language are given and its ability to be used as a formal system for transformation and verification is presented. The use of Lucid in both multidimensional applications programming and software systems construction (such as a parallel programming system and a visual programming system) is described. A novel model of multidimensional computation--education--is described along with its serendipitous practical benefits for harnessing parallelism and tolerating faults. As the only volume that reflects the advances over the past decade, this work will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students involved with declarative language systems and programming.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	February 1995
Authors:	E.A. Ashcroft (Professor, Department of Computer Science) • A. A. Faustini (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science) • R. Jaggannathan (Senior Computer Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International) • W. W. Wadge (Professor, Department of Computer Science)
Dimensions:	242 x 158 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	174
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-507597-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Programming languages > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-507597-8
Barcode:	9780195075977

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