Programming with Higher-Order Logic

di Dale Miller (Autore)

Gopalan Nadathur (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2012

Formal systems that describe computations over syntactic structures occur frequently in computer science. Logic programming provides a natural framework for encoding and animating such systems. However, these systems often embody variable binding, a notion that must be treated carefully at a computational level. This book aims to show that a programming language based on a simply typed version of higher-order logic provides an elegant, declarative means for providing such a treatment. Three broad topics are covered in pursuit of this goal. First, a proof-theoretic framework that supports a general view of logic programming is identified. Second, an actual language called ?Prolog is developed by applying this view to higher-order logic. Finally, a methodology for programming with specifications is exposed by showing how several computations over formal objects such as logical formulas, functional programs, and ?-terms and p-calculus expressions can be encoded in ?Prolog.

• Autore: Dale Miller, Gopalan Nadathur
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 158 mm
• Peso: 550 gr.
• EAN: 9780521879408

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