| Nominal Sets: Names and Symmetry in Computer Science Contributor(s): Pitts, Andrew M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107017785 ISBN-13: 9781107017788 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - General |
| Dewey: 005.13 |
| LCCN: 2012277890 |
| Series: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 287 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nominal sets provide a promising new mathematical analysis of names in formal languages based upon symmetry, with many applications to the syntax and semantics of programming language constructs that involve binding, or localising names. Part I provides an introduction to the basic theory of nominal sets. In Part II, the author surveys some of the applications that have developed in programming language semantics (both operational and denotational), functional programming and logic programming. As the first book to give a detailed account of the theory of nominal sets, it will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students in theoretical computer science. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pitts, Andrew M.: - Andrew Pitts FACM FBCS is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Darwin College. |