Proof, language, and interaction : essays in honour of Robin Milner / edited by Gordon Plotkin, Colin P. Stirling, and Mads Tofte.

This collection of original essays reflects the breadth of current research in computer science.This collection of original essays reflects the breadth of current research in computer science. Robin Milner, a major figure in the field, has made many fundamental contributions, particularly in theoret...

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Other Authors: Plotkin, G. (Gordon), 1946-, Stirling, Colin P., Tofte, Mads, Milner, R. (Robin), 1934-2010
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.
Series:Foundations of computing.
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Table of Contents:
  • A brief scientific biography of Robin Milner
  • Bistructures, bidomains, and linear logic / Pierre-Louis Curien, Gordon Plotkin and Glynn Winskel
  • Axioms for definability and full completeness / Samson Abramsky
  • Algebraic derivation of an operational semantics / C.A.R. Hoare, He Jifeng and Augusto Sampaio
  • From Banach to Milner: metric semantics for second order communication and concurrency / Jaco de Bakker and Franck van Breugel
  • The tile model / Fabio Gadducci and Ugo Montanari
  • From LCF to HOL: a short history / Mike Gordon
  • A fixedpoint approach to (co)inductive and (co)datatype definitions / Lawrence C. Paulson.