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Book Essays on Concepts  Formalisms  and Tools

Download or read book Essays on Concepts Formalisms and Tools written by Peter R. J. Asveld and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hyperedge Replacement  Grammars and Languages

Download or read book Hyperedge Replacement Grammars and Languages written by Annegret Habel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1992-12-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The area of graph grammars is theoretically attractive and well motivated byvarious applications. More than 20 years ago, the concept of graph grammars was introduced by A. Rosenfeld as a formulation of some problems in pattern recognition and image processing, as well as by H.J. Schneider as a method for data type specification. Within graph-grammar theory one maydistinguish the set-theoretical approach, the algebraic approach, and the logical approach. These approaches differ in the method in which graph replacement is described. Specific approaches, node replacement and hyperedge replacement, concern the basic units of a hypergraph, nodes and hyperedges. This monograph is mainly concerned with the hyperedge-replacement approach. Hyperedge-replacement grammars are introduced as a device for generating hypergraph languages including graph languages and string languages. The concept combines a context-free rewriting with a comparatively large generative power. The volume includes a foreword by H. Ehrig.

Book Handbook of Graph Grammars and Computing by Graph Transformation

Download or read book Handbook of Graph Grammars and Computing by Graph Transformation written by Hartmut Ehrig and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graph grammars originated in the late 60s, motivated by considerations about pattern recognition and compiler construction. Since then, the list of areas which have interacted with the development of graph grammars has grown quite impressively. Besides the aforementioned areas, it includes software specification and development, VLSI layout schemes, database design, modeling of concurrent systems, massively parallel computer architectures, logic programming, computer animation, developmental biology, music composition, visual languages, and many others. The area of graph grammars and graph transformations generalizes formal language theory based on strings and the theory of term rewriting based on trees. As a matter of fact, within the area of graph grammars, graph transformation is considered a fundamental computation paradigm where computation includes specification, programming, and implementation. Over the last three decades, graph grammars have developed at a steady pace into a theoretically attractive and important-for-applications research field. Volume 3 of the 'indispensable Handbook of' Graph Grammars and Computing by Graph Transformations presents the research on concurrency, parallelism, and distribution -- important paradigms of modern science. The topics considered include semantics for concurrent systems, modeling of concurrency, mobile and coordinated systems, algebraic specifications, Petri nets, visual design of distributed systems, and distributed algorithms. The contributions have been written in a tutorial/survey style by the top experts.

Book Mathematical Reviews

Download or read book Mathematical Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New Kind of Science

Download or read book A New Kind of Science written by Stephen Wolfram and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics---Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a remarkable array of fundamental problems in science: from the origin of the Second Law of thermodynamics, to the development of complexity in biology, the computational limitations of mathematics, the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of physics, and the interplay between free will and determinism.

Book The Algorithm Design Manual

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven S Skiena
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2009-04-05
  • ISBN : 1848000707
  • Pages : 742 pages

Download or read book The Algorithm Design Manual written by Steven S Skiena and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly expanded and updated second edition of the best-selling classic continues to take the "mystery" out of designing algorithms, and analyzing their efficacy and efficiency. Expanding on the first edition, the book now serves as the primary textbook of choice for algorithm design courses while maintaining its status as the premier practical reference guide to algorithms for programmers, researchers, and students. The reader-friendly Algorithm Design Manual provides straightforward access to combinatorial algorithms technology, stressing design over analysis. The first part, Techniques, provides accessible instruction on methods for designing and analyzing computer algorithms. The second part, Resources, is intended for browsing and reference, and comprises the catalog of algorithmic resources, implementations and an extensive bibliography. NEW to the second edition: • Doubles the tutorial material and exercises over the first edition • Provides full online support for lecturers, and a completely updated and improved website component with lecture slides, audio and video • Contains a unique catalog identifying the 75 algorithmic problems that arise most often in practice, leading the reader down the right path to solve them • Includes several NEW "war stories" relating experiences from real-world applications • Provides up-to-date links leading to the very best algorithm implementations available in C, C++, and Java

Book The Engineering Index Annual

Download or read book The Engineering Index Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 2264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its creation in 1884, Engineering Index has covered virtually every major engineering innovation from around the world. It serves as the historical record of virtually every major engineering innovation of the 20th century. Recent content is a vital resource for current awareness, new production information, technological forecasting and competitive intelligence. The world?s most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, Engineering Index contains over 10.7 million records. Each year, over 500,000 new abstracts are added from over 5,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, and conference proceedings. Coverage spans over 175 engineering disciplines from over 80 countries. Updated weekly.

Book Rewriting Techniques and Applications

Download or read book Rewriting Techniques and Applications written by Vincent van Oostrom and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-05-24 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications, RTA 2004, held in Aachen, Germany in June 2004.

Book Term Rewriting Systems

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terese
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2003-03-20
  • ISBN : 9780521391153
  • Pages : 926 pages

Download or read book Term Rewriting Systems written by Terese and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-20 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Term rewriting systems developed out of mathematical logic and are an important part of theoretical computer science. They consist of sequences of discrete transformation steps where one term is replaced with another and have applications in many areas, from functional programming to automatic theorem proving and computer algebra. This 2003 book starts at an elementary level with the earlier chapters providing a foundation for the rest of the work. Much of the advanced material appeared here for the first time in book form. Subjects treated include orthogonality, termination, completion, lambda calculus, higher-order rewriting, infinitary rewriting and term graph rewriting. Many exercises are included with selected solutions provided on the web. A comprehensive bibliography makes this book ideal both for teaching and research. A chapter is included presenting applications of term rewriting systems, with many pointers to actual implementations.

Book An Invitation to Applied Category Theory

Download or read book An Invitation to Applied Category Theory written by Brendan Fong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Category theory is unmatched in its ability to organize and layer abstractions and to find commonalities between structures of all sorts. No longer the exclusive preserve of pure mathematicians, it is now proving itself to be a powerful tool in science, informatics, and industry. By facilitating communication between communities and building rigorous bridges between disparate worlds, applied category theory has the potential to be a major organizing force. This book offers a self-contained tour of applied category theory. Each chapter follows a single thread motivated by a real-world application and discussed with category-theoretic tools. We see data migration as an adjoint functor, electrical circuits in terms of monoidal categories and operads, and collaborative design via enriched profunctors. All the relevant category theory, from simple to sophisticated, is introduced in an accessible way with many examples and exercises, making this an ideal guide even for those without experience of university-level mathematics.

Book Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Download or read book Decision Making Under Uncertainty written by Mykel J. Kochenderfer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to decision making under uncertainty from a computational perspective, covering both theory and applications ranging from speech recognition to airborne collision avoidance. Many important problems involve decision making under uncertainty—that is, choosing actions based on often imperfect observations, with unknown outcomes. Designers of automated decision support systems must take into account the various sources of uncertainty while balancing the multiple objectives of the system. This book provides an introduction to the challenges of decision making under uncertainty from a computational perspective. It presents both the theory behind decision making models and algorithms and a collection of example applications that range from speech recognition to aircraft collision avoidance. Focusing on two methods for designing decision agents, planning and reinforcement learning, the book covers probabilistic models, introducing Bayesian networks as a graphical model that captures probabilistic relationships between variables; utility theory as a framework for understanding optimal decision making under uncertainty; Markov decision processes as a method for modeling sequential problems; model uncertainty; state uncertainty; and cooperative decision making involving multiple interacting agents. A series of applications shows how the theoretical concepts can be applied to systems for attribute-based person search, speech applications, collision avoidance, and unmanned aircraft persistent surveillance. Decision Making Under Uncertainty unifies research from different communities using consistent notation, and is accessible to students and researchers across engineering disciplines who have some prior exposure to probability theory and calculus. It can be used as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in fields including computer science, aerospace and electrical engineering, and management science. It will also be a valuable professional reference for researchers in a variety of disciplines.

Book Parity games  separations  and the modal    calculus

Download or read book Parity games separations and the modal calculus written by Dittmann, Christoph and published by Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topics of this thesis are the modal μ-calculus and parity games. The modal μ-calculus is a common logic for model-checking in computer science. The model-checking problem of the modal μ-calculus is polynomial time equivalent to solving parity games, a 2-player game on labeled directed graphs. We present the first FPT algorithms (fixed-parameter tractable) for the model-checking problem of the modal μ-calculus on restricted classes of graphs, specifically on classes of bounded Kelly-width or bounded DAG-width. In this process we also prove a general decomposition theorem for the modal μ-calculus and define a useful notion of type for this logic. Then, assuming a class of parity games has a polynomial time algorithm solving it, we consider the problem of extending this algorithm to larger classes of parity games. In particular, we show that joining games, pasting games, or adding single vertices preserves polynomial-time solvability. It follows that parity games can be solved in polynomial time if their underlying undirected graph is a tournament, a complete bipartite graph, or a block graph. In the last chapter we present the first non-trivial formal proof about parity games. We explain a formal proof of positional determinacy of parity games in the proof assistant Isabelle/HOL. Die Themen dieser Dissertation sind der modale μ-Kalkül und Paritätsspiele. Der modale μ-Kalkül ist eine häufig eingesetzte Logik im Bereich des Model-Checkings in der Informatik. Das Model-Checking-Problem des modalen μ-Kalküls ist polynomialzeitäquivalent zum Lösen von Paritätsspielen, einem 2-Spielerspiel auf beschrifteten, gerichteten Graphen. Wir präsentieren die ersten FPT-Algorithmen (fixed-parameter tractable) für das Model-Checking-Problem des modalen μ-Kalküls auf Klassen von Graphen mit beschränkter Kelly-Weite oder beschränkter DAG-Weite. Für diesen Zweck beweisen wir einen allgemeineren Zerlegungssatz für den modalen μ-Kalkül und stellen eine nützliche Definition von Typen für diese Logik vor. Angenommen, eine Klasse von Paritätsspielen hat einen Polynomialzeit-Lösungs-Algorithmus, betrachten wir danach das Problem, diese Klassen zu erweitern auf eine Weise, sodass Polynomialzeit-Lösbarkeit erhalten bleibt. Wir zeigen, dass dies beim Join von Paritätsspielen, beim Pasting und beim Hinzufügen einzelner Knoten der Fall ist. Wir folgern daraus, dass das Lösen von Paritätsspielen in Polynomialzeit möglich ist, falls der unterliegende ungerichtete Graph ein Tournament, ein vollständiger bipartiter Graph oder ein Blockgraph ist. Im letzten Kapitel präsentieren wir den ersten nicht-trivialen formalen Beweis über Paritätsspiele. Wir stellen einen formalen Beweis für die positionale Determiniertheit von Paritätsspielen im Beweis-Assistenten Isabelle/HOL vor.

Book Machines  Computations  and Universality

Download or read book Machines Computations and Universality written by Maurice Margenstern and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-06-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ?rst part of the present volume of LNCS, the reader will ?nd the invited talks given at the MCU 2001 conference. In the second part, he/she will ?nd the contributions that were presented at the conference after selection. In both cases, papers are arranged in the alphabetical order of the authors. MCU 2001 is the third conference in theoretical computer science, Machines, computations and universality, formerly, Machines et calculs universels. Both previous conferences, MCU’95 and MCU’98, were organized by Maurice M- genstern in Paris and in Metz (France), respectively. From the very beginning, MCU conferences have been an international sci- ti?c event. For the third conference, in order to stress that aspect, it was decided to hold it outside France. Moldova was chosen thanks to the close cooperation between the present chairmen of MCU 2001. MCU 2001 also aims at high scienti?c standards. We hope that the present volume will convince the reader that the tradition of previous conferences have been upheld by this one. Cellular automata and molecular computing are well represented in this volume. And this is also the case for quantum computing, f- mal languages, and the theory of automata. MCU 2001 does not fail its tradition of providing our community with important results on Turing machines.

Book Automated Reasoning

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Basin
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2004-06-22
  • ISBN : 3540223452
  • Pages : 509 pages

Download or read book Automated Reasoning written by David Basin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-06-22 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 2nd International Joint C- ference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR 2004) held July 4–8, 2004 in Cork, Ireland. IJCAR 2004 continued the tradition established at the ?rst IJCAR in Siena,Italyin2001,whichbroughttogetherdi?erentresearchcommunitieswo- ing in automated reasoning. The current IJCAR is the fusion of the following conferences: CADE: The International Conference on Automated Deduction, CALCULEMUS: Symposium on the Integration of Symbolic Computation and Mechanized Reasoning, FroCoS: Workshop on Frontiers of Combining Systems, FTP: The International Workshop on First-Order Theorem Proving, and TABLEAUX: The International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods. There were 74 research papers submitted to IJCAR as well as 12 system descriptions. After extensive reviewing, 26 research papers and 6 system - scriptions were accepted for presentation at the conference and publication in this volume. In addition, this volume also contains papers from the three invited speakers and a description of the CADE ATP system competition. We would like to acknowledge the enormous amount of work put in by the members of the program committee, the various organizing and steering c- mittees, the IJCAR o?cials, the invited speakers, and the additional referees named on the following pages. We would also like to thank Achim Brucker and Barbara Geiser for their help in producing this volume.

Book Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations

Download or read book Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations written by Jakob Vlietstra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary covers information and communication technology (ICT), including hardware and software; information networks, including the Internet and the World Wide Web; automatic control; and ICT-related computer-aided fields. The Dictionary also lists abbreviated names of relevant organizations, conferences, symposia and workshops. This reference is important for all practitioners and users in the areas mentioned above, and those who consult or write technical material. This Second Edition contains 10,000 new entries, for a total of 33,000.

Book Invitation to Discrete Mathematics

Download or read book Invitation to Discrete Mathematics written by Jiří Matoušek and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and self-contained introduction to discrete mathematics for undergraduates and early graduates.