Abstractions of data types

Acta Informatica

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 639-671

  Ţiplea, Ferucio Laurenţiu ^a,b   Enea, Constantin ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Data type; Universal algebra; Verification

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION; ABSTRACTION REFINEMENT; DATA TYPE; FIRST ORDER LOGIC; PROPERTY PRESERVATION; UNIVERSAL ALGEBRA;

ABSTRACT DATA TYPES; FORMAL LOGIC; VERIFICATION;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 33645674415     PISSN: 00015903     EISSN: 14320525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00236-006-0010-3     Document Type: Article

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