Cavalcanti, A., Woodcock, J. and Dunne, S. (2006) Angelic Nondeterminism in the Unifying Theories of Programming. Formal Aspects of Computing, 18 (3). pp. 288-307. ISSN 0934-5043
Abstract
Hoare and He’s unifying theories of programming (UTP) is a model of alphabetised relations expressed as predicates; it supports development in several programming paradigms. The aim of Hoare and He’s work is the unification of languages and techniques, so that we can benefit from results in different contexts. In this paper, we investigate the integration of angelic nondeterminism in the UTP; we propose the unification of a model of binary multirelations, which is isomorphic to the monotonic predicate transformers model and can express angelic and demonic nondeterminism.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Semantics - Refinement - Relations - Predicate transformers |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2009 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2009 15:43 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00165-006-0001-8 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science + Business Media |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00165-006-0001-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6154 |