03711nam a22004935i 4500 978-3-031-54358-6 DE-He213 20251030111458.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240301s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031543586 978-3-031-54358-6 10.1007/978-3-031-54358-6 doi QA75.5-76.95 UYA bicssc COM014000 bisacsh UYA thema Börger, Egon. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 72359 Structures of Computing [electronic resource] : A Guide to Practice-Oriented Theory / by Egon Börger, Vincenzo Gervasi. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVI, 281 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Preface -- Part I Computational Paradigms: Definition -- Part II Computational Paradigms: Analysis -- References. - Index. Structures of Computing explains the behavioral meaning of fundamental concepts of computing from a practical viewpoint and in generic terms, unrestricted by specific computing devices or programming languages. To compute is understood as processing structures by a set of cooperating agents each of which executes an algorithm assigned to it and interacts with the other agents. Part I of the book defines the conceptual constituents of interactive processes: (i) data, i.e. structured objects with associated properties, relations and functions the algorithmic processes operate upon, (ii) basic operations that affect the data in single execution steps, and (iii) control mechanisms that determine the combination of single steps in multi-agent computations where the interaction happens via communication or other forms of data sharing. Part II analyses these constituents concerning (i) methods to achieve process correctness (inspection, experimental validation, reasoning), (ii) principal computational paradigms (architectures, programming styles, communication structures, control patterns from sequential and reflective to concurrent, mixed synchronous/asynchronous and data flow control), and (iii) complexity (power and limits of computing structures). The book is mainly addressed to students and professionals who want to understand the conceptual foundation of computing. It does not assume any specific programming experience but only a basic understanding of what are mechanically executable processes and their descriptions. Any unnecessary formalism is thus avoided, and definitions are formulated as much as possible in natural language, using common mathematical notation only where needed to prevent ambiguities. Numerous examples and exercises serve as comprehension checkpoints. Computer science. 58552 Software engineering. 33953 Theory of Computation. 67552 Software Engineering. 33953 Gervasi, Vincenzo. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 72360 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031543579 Printed edition: 9783031543593 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54358-6 ZDB-2-SCS ZDB-2-SXCS 58080 58080