Software Abstractions, revised edition: Logic, Language, and Analysis (Mit Press)

Jackson, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0262528908 / ISBN 13: 9780262528900

Published by MIT Press, 2016

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Title: Software Abstractions, revised edition: ...

Publisher: MIT Press

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: paperback

Condition: As New

Edition: Revised.

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Synopsis:

An approach to software design that introduces a fully automated analysis giving designers immediate feedback, now featuring the latest version of the Alloy language. In Software Abstractions Daniel Jackson introduces an approach to software design that draws on traditional formal methods but exploits automated tools to find flaws as early as possible. This approach-which Jackson calls "lightweight formal methods" or "agile modeling"-takes from formal specification the idea of a precise and expressive notation based on a tiny core of simple and robust concepts but replaces conventional analysis based on theorem proving with a fully automated analysis that gives designers immediate feedback. Jackson has developed Alloy, a language that captures the essence of software abstractions simply and succinctly, using a minimal toolkit of mathematical notions. This revised edition updates the text, examples, and appendixes to be fully compatible with Alloy 4.

Review:

"The examples and exercises, if given time, thought, and effort, can make better designers of all of us, as Alloy is a powerful force-multiplier in the war on bugs... Jackson's Software Abstractions has my highest recommendation. It is being put to immediate use in my group's venue of software-based safety-critical systems." George Hacken Computing Reviews