The Temporal Logic of Reactive and Concurrent Systems: Specification [Hardcover]

Zohar Manna (Author), Amir Pnueli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0387976647 | ISBN-13: 978-0387976648 | Edition: 1

Reactive systems are computing systems which are interactive, such as real-time systems, operating systems, concurrent systems, control systems, etc. They are among the most difficult computing systems to program. Temporal logic is a formal tool/language which yields excellent results in specifying reactive systems. This volume, the first of two, subtitled Specification, has a self-contained introduction to temporal logic and, more important, an introduction to the computational model for reactive programs, developed by Zohar Manna and Amir Pnueli of Stanford University and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, respectively.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 462 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 18, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387976647
• ISBN-13: 978-0387976648
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,842,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Introduction, But ..., July 7, 2002

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This review is from: The Temporal Logic of Reactive and Concurrent Systems: Specification (Hardcover)

This book provides a very good introduction to concurrent systems and specifications. However, new or used it's certainly not worth 100$ or more. As a used book I wouldn't pay any more than 25$ for it.