Logic and Program Semantics

by Constable, Robert L.; Silva, Alexandra

• ISBN13: 9783642294846
• ISBN10: 3642294847
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-25
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This Festschrift volume is published in honor of Dexter Kozen on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Dexter Kozen has been a leader in the development of Kleene Algebras (KAs). The contributions in this volume reflect the breadth of his work and influence. The volume includes 19 full papers related to Dexter Kozen's research. They deal with coalgebraic methods, congruence closure; the completeness of various programming logics; decision procedure for logics; alternation; algorithms and complexity; and programming languages and program analysis. The second part of this volume includes laudatios from several collaborators, students and friends, including the members of his current band.

Table of Contents

Full Papers
Residuated Kleene Algebras	p. 1
Brzozowski's Algorithm (Co) Algebraically	p. 12
Experimental Descriptive Complexity	p. 24
Meditations on Quantified Constraint Satisfaction	p. 35
The Compass That Steered Robotics	p. 50
Subtyping for F-Bounded Quantifiers and Equirecursive Types	p. 66
Inferring Evolutionary Scenarios in the Duplication, Loss and Horizontal Gene Transfer Model	p. 83
Capsules and Closures: A Small-Step Approach	p. 106
Nuprl as Logical Framework for Automating Proofs in Category Theory	p. 124
On the Final Coalgebra of Automatic Sequences	p. 149
On Topological Completeness of Regular Tree Languages	p. 165
A Complete Logical System for the Equality of Recursive Terms for Sets	p. 180
Overloading is NP-Complete: A Tutorial Dedicated to Dexter Kozen	p. 204
Combining Epistemic Logic and Hennessy-Milner Logic	p. 219
Choice and Uncertainty in Games	p. 244
The Complexity of Inhabitation with Explicit Intersection	p. 256
On State Sequences Defined by Reaction Systems	p. 271
On Distance Coloring: A Review Based on Work with Dexter Kozen	p. 283
Winning, Losing and Drawing in Concurrent Games with Perfect or Imperfect Information	p. 298
Laudatios
Reflections on a \m/ Time with Dexter Kozen	p. 318
Two Three Pages Papers	p. 322
A Tribute from the Band	p. 323
Dexter Kozen: An Appreciation	p. 324
Dexter Kozen: A Winning Combination of Brilliance, Depth, and Elegance	p. 326
Making the World a Better Place	p. 328
Timesharing Dexter	p. 329
A Small Tribute	p. 333
Dexter Kozen's Influence on the Theory of Labelled Markov Processes	p. 334
An Appreciation of Dexter Kozen	p. 338
To Dexter - A Tribute from Aarhus	p. 341
Travelling with Dexter Kozen	p. 342
Dexter as a PhD Advisor	p. 352
Rock'n'Roll Computer Science	p. 354
Author Index	p. 357
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