Bi-inductive structural semantics

Information and Computation

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-283

  Cousot, Patrick ^a,b   Cousot, Radhia ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi inductive definition; Big step semantics; Co inductive definition; Divergence semantics; Fixpoint definition; Grammar; Inductive definition; Nonmonotone definition; Relational semantics; Small step semantics; SOS; Structural operational semantics; Trace semantics

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS);

BI-INDUCTIVE DEFINITIONS; BIG-STEP SEMANTICS; CO-INDUCTIVE DEFINITIONS; DIVERGENCE SEMANTICS; FIXPOINT DEFINITIONS; GRAMMAR; INDUCTIVE DEFINITIONS; NONMONOTONE DEFINITIONS; RELATIONAL SEMANTICS; SMALL-STEP SEMANTICS; STRUCTURAL OPERATIONAL SEMANTICS; TRACE SEMANTICS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 70350273404     PISSN: 08905401     EISSN: 10902651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ic.2008.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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