1st Edition

Formal Methods in Computer Science

By Jiacun Wang, William Tepfenhart Copyright 2019
312 Pages 154 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

312 Pages 154 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

350 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

Formal Methods in Computer Science gives students a comprehensive introduction to formal methods and their application in software and hardware specification and verification. The first part introduces some fundamentals in formal methods, including set theory, functions, finite state machines, and regular expressions. The second part focuses on logic, a powerful formal language in... Read more

Set Theory and Functions

Basic Set Definitions

Set Theory and Functions 

Finite State Machine

Regular Expressions and Languages

Propositional Logic

Predicate Logic

Temporal Logic

Formal Verification by Model Checking

Petri Nets

Timed Petri Nets

Colored Petri Nets

Biography

Jiacun Wang received a PhD in computer engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China. He is a professor of Software Engineering at Monmouth University. He was previously with Nortel Networks and was a research associate at Florida International University. Dr. Wang has been teaching formal methods for both undergraduates and graduates at Monmouth University since 2004.

William Tepfenhart was a professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monmouth University. Trained as a physicist, his areas of expertise included object-oriented software development, artificial intelligence, and software engineering. His knowledge of modeling physical systems formed the basis for major contributions in the area of software development.