Proof and System-Reliability

As society comes to rely increasingly on software for its welfare and prosperity there is an urgent need to create systems in which it can trust. Experience has shown that confidence can only come from a more profound understanding of the issues, which in turn can come only if it is based on logically sound foundations.
This volume contains contributions from leading researchers in the critical disciplines of computing and information science, mathematics, logic, and complexity. All contributions are self-contained, aiming at comprehensibility as well as comprehensiveness. The volume also contains introductory hints to technical issues, concise surveys, introductions, and various fresh results and new perspectives.

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Cartesian Closed Categories of Effective Domains; G. Hamrin, V. Stoltenberg-Hansen. Algebraic Game Semantics: A Tutorial Introduction; S. Abramsky. Algebra of Networks; G. Stefanescu. Computability and Complexity from a Programming Perspective; N.D. Jones. Logical Frameworks: A Brief Introduction; F. Pfenning. Ludics: An Introduction; J.-Y. Girard. Naïve Computational Type Theory; R. Constable. Proof-Carrying Code. Design and Implementation; G. Necula. Abstractions and Reductions in Model Checking; O. Grumberg. Hoare Logic: From First Order to Propositional Formalism; J. Tiuryn. Hoare Logics in Isabelle/HOL; T. Nipkow. Proof Theory and Complexity; G.E. Ostrin, S.S. Wainer. Feasible Computation with Higher Types; H. Schwichtenberg, S.J. Bellantoni.