Perspectives on Computer Science
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Perspectives on Computer Science

From the 10th Anniversary Symposium at the Computer Science Department, Carnegie-Mellon University

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Perspectives on Computer Science

From the 10th Anniversary Symposium at the Computer Science Department, Carnegie-Mellon University

About this book

Perspectives on Computer Science provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of computer science. This book discusses the weaknesses frequently found in minicomputers. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the technological, economic, and human aspects of the environment in which PDP–11 was designed and built. This text then examines the set of techniques for tree searching. Other chapters consider a tutorial on automatic planning systems, with emphasis given to knowledge representation issues. This book discusses as well the classical least-fixedpoint approach toward recursive programs and examines the interplay between time and space determined by a variety of machine models. The final chapter deals with some of the primary influences in contemporary programming language design, namely, programming methodology, program specification, verification, and formal semantic definition techniques. This book is a valuable resource for students and teachers. Computer science theoreticians and mathematicians will also find this book useful.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780123894502
eBook ISBN
9781483218465
Subtopic
Applied Mathematics

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Perspectives on Computer Science
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter 1. The Keynote Speech
  9. Chapter 2. What Have We Learned from the PDP–11?
  10. Chapter 3. The Use of Domain-Dependent Descriptions in Tree Searching
  11. Chapter 4. Knowledge Representation in Automatic Planning Systems
  12. Chapter 5. On the Concurrency of Parallel Processes
  13. Chapter 6. A Case Study—Assimilation and Creation of Computer Science Technology in a Developing Country
  14. Chapter 7. A New Approach to Recursive Programs
  15. Chapter 8. Time and Space
  16. Chapter 9. C.mmp: A Progress Report on Synergistic Research
  17. Chapter 10. Multiplicative Speedup of Systems
  18. Chapter 11. On the Nature of Understanding
  19. Chapter 12. Some Thoughts on the Next Generation of Programming Languages
  20. Excerpts from the Symposium Panel Discussions
  21. Contributed Talks
  22. Demonstrations