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050 0 0 _aQA76.9.A96
_bS366 2012
082 0 0 _a004.01/5113
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100 1 _aSangiorgi, Davide,
_eauthor.
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to bisimulation and coinduction /
_cDavide Sangiorgi.
246 3 _aIntroduction to Bisimulation & Coinduction
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 8 _aTowards bisimulation -- Coinduction and the duality with induction -- Algebraic properties of bisimilarity -- Processes with internal activities -- Other approaches to behavioural equivalences -- Refinements of simulation -- Basic observables.
520 _aInduction is a pervasive tool in computer science and mathematics for defining objects and reasoning on them. Coinduction is the dual of induction and as such it brings in quite different tools. Today, it is widely used in computer science, but also in other fields, including artificial intelligence, cognitive science, mathematics, modal logics, philosophy and physics. The best known instance of coinduction is bisimulation, mainly employed to define and prove equalities among potentially infinite objects: processes, streams, non-well-founded sets, etc. This book presents bisimulation and coinduction: the fundamental concepts and techniques and the duality with induction. Each chapter contains exercises and selected solutions, enabling students to connect theory with practice. A special emphasis is placed on bisimulation as a behavioural equivalence for processes. Thus the book serves as an introduction to models for expressing processes (such as process calculi) and to the associated techniques of operational and algebraic analysis.
650 0 _aBisimulation.
650 0 _aCoinduction (Mathematics)
650 0 _aModality (Logic)
650 0 _aInduction (Mathematics)
650 0 _aComputer science.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107003637
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511777110
999 _c520454
_d520452