A Practical Theory of Reactive Systems - Incremental Modeling of Dynamic Behaviors (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

A man may imagine he understands something, but still not understand anything in the way that he ought to. (Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 8:2) Calling this a 'practical theory' may require some explanation. Theory and practice are often thought of as two di?erent worlds, governed bydi?erentideals,principles, andlaws.DavidLorgeParnas, forinstance,who hascontributedmuchtoourtheoreticalunderstandingofsoftwareengineering and also to sound use of theory in the practice of it, likes to point out that 'theoretically' is synonymous to 'not really'. In applied mathematics the goal is to discover useful connections between these two worlds. My thesis is that in software engineering this two-world view is inadequate, and a more intimate interplay is required between theory and practice. That is, both theoretical and practical components should be integrated into a practical theory. It should beclearfrom theabovethattheintended readership of this book is not theoreticians. They would probably have di?culties in appreciating a book on theory where the presentation does not proceed in a logical sequence from basic de?nitions to theorems and mathematical proofs, followed by - plication examples. In fact, all this would not constitute what I understand by a practical theory in this context.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	R. Kurki-Suonio
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	420
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-23342-8
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Systems analysis & design Promotions
LSN:	3-540-23342-3
Barcode:	9783540233428

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