Andrei P. Ershov

Origins of Programming

Discourses on Methodology
Übersetzung: Silverman, Robert H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book begins with a detailed discussion of two problems that have played an extremely important role in the emergence of theoretical programming as an independent discipline. The principal goals in this book are to explain the line of thought that was followed in solving these problems, demonstrate the workings of the mathematical way of thinking, carefully analyze the different stages of descriptive analysis and problem formulation, and reveal the aesthetic component in the search for solutions - in other words, to try to turn the reader into a true witness of the process of discovering mathematical results. In the first part of the book the author considers the storage minimization packing, or storage problem schemas. The problem of storage packing is treated as an example that illustrates how to solve an application problem by means of mathematical methods. In the second part the author presents the theory of Yanov program schemas, a classical theory generally recognized ashaving served as a foundation of the mathematical theory of programming. This is analyzed as a methodological example that illustrates how a fully developed theory can be extended to a new class of phenomena and objects: program schemas and configurations of program schemas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4612-7947-1
• 1990.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781461279471
• ISBN-10: 146127947X
• Artikelnr.: 36115618

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part 1: Storage Allocation in Program Schemas.- Descriptive Analysis of the Problem.- Statement of the Problem and General Theory.- Algorithmization.- Implementation.- Concluding Analysis.- Part II: Transformations of Yanov Schemas.- Brief Review of Mathematical Logic.- Yanov Schemas.- Calculus of Equivalence Transformations.- Bibliography.- Index.