Concurrency Verification

Introduction to Compositional and Non-compositional Methods

Frank de Boer author Willem-Paul de Roever author Ulrich Hanneman author Jozef Hooman author Yassine Lakhnech author Mannes Poel author Job Zwiers author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Jan '12

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An advanced 2001 textbook on verification of concurrent programs using a semantic approach which highlights concepts clearly.

This 2001 book is an introduction to verifying concurrent programs scaling up to a realistic size. It is self-contained and comprehensive, guiding the reader from advanced undergraduate level. Every method is illustrated by examples, and a picture gallery of some of the subject's key figures complements the text.This is a systematic and comprehensive introduction both to compositional proof methods for the state-based verification of concurrent programs, such as the assumption-commitment and rely-guarantee paradigms, and to noncompositional methods, whose presentation culminates in an exposition of the communication-closed-layers (CCL) paradigm for verifying network protocols. Compositional concurrency verification methods reduce the verification of a concurrent program to the independent verification of its parts. If those parts are tightly coupled, one additionally needs verification methods based on the causal order between events. These are presented using CCL. The semantic approach followed here allows a systematic presentation of all these concepts in a unified framework which highlights essential concepts. This 2001 book is self-contained, guiding the reader from advanced undergraduate level. Every method is illustrated by examples, and a picture gallery of some of the subject's key figures complements the text.

Review of the hardback: 'The present textbook is a highly welcome addition to the existing literature on program verification, particularly valuable for the well-arranged, methodically unified framework for a wealth of material.' Zentralblatt für Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete Mathematics Abstracts

ISBN: 9780521169325

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 40mm

Weight: 1050g

800 pages