Bernd Mahr – författare

The 2008 TUB-SJTU joint workshop on “Autonomous Systems – Self-Organization, Management, and Control” was held on October 6, 2008 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. The workshop, sponsored by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Technical University of Berlin brought together scientists and researchers from both universities to present and discuss the latest progress on autonomous systems and its applications in diverse areas. Autonomous systems are designed to integrate machines, computing, sensing, and software to create intelligent systems capable of interacting with the complexities of the real world. Autonomous systems represent the physical embodiment of machine intelligence.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to theory and modeling for autonomous systems; organization of autonomous systems; learning and perception; complex systems; multi-agent systems; robotics and control; applications of autonomous systems.

In fünf sorgfältig aufeinander abgestimmten Teilen behandelt das Buch die wesentlichen mathematischen Elemente der formalen Spezifikation von Systemen und der Aussagen- und Prädikatenlogik, die für das Verständnis des formalisierten Problemlösens entscheidend und damit für Informatiker unerläßlich sind. Eine Einführung in die intuitive Mengentheorie vermittelt zunächst notwendige mathematische Grundlagen. Motiviert durch das Konzept von Datenstrukturen und abstrakten Datentypen werden dann algebraische Strukturen in der Informatik behandelt. Danach werden Aussagen- und Prädikatenlogik aus der Sicht der Mathematik und Informatik dargestellt. Schließlich führt die Kategorientheorie für Informatiker in die Welt der abstrakten Behandlung mathematischer Strukturen ein.Die Neuauflage wurde erweitert um Darstellungen zur Modellalgebra und zur Implementierung. Übungsaufgaben wurden ergänzt.

Two important new concepts, module specifications and constraints, are introduced in this second volume of a three-volume set on fundamentals of algebraic specification. These concepts are motivated by problems in practical software development and are studied here from a theoretical point of view. Modularization is one of the main structuring principles in software development. Modules and module specifications can be seen as the basic building blocks which are used in modularization of software systems and software system specification. Constraints are introduced to increase the expressive power of algebraic specifications in order to make them more useful for practical applications. The book is suitable both as a textbook for graduate courses in formal specification of data types and software systems and as a reference for researchers and system developers.

In fünf sorgfältig aufeinander abgestimmten Teilen behandelt das Buch die wesentlichen mathematischen Elemente der formalen Spezifikation von Systemen und der Aussagen- und Prädikatenlogik, die für das Verständnis des formalisierten Problemlösens entscheidend und damit für Informatiker unerläßlich sind. Eine Einführung in die intuitive Mengentheorie vermittelt zunächst notwendige mathematische Grundlagen. Motiviert durch das Konzept von Datenstrukturen und abstrakten Datentypen werden dann algebraische Strukturen in der Informatik behandelt. Danach werden Aussagen- und Prädikatenlogik aus der Sicht der Mathematik und Informatik dargestellt. Schließlich führt die Kategorientheorie für Informatiker in die Welt der abstrakten Behandlung mathematischer Strukturen ein.Die Neuauflage wurde erweitert um Darstellungen zur Modellalgebra und zur Implementierung. Übungsaufgaben wurden ergänzt.

Since the early seventies concepts of specification have become central in the whole area of computer science. Especially algebraic specification techniques for abstract data types and software systems have gained considerable importance in recent years. They have not only played a central role in the theory of data type specification, but meanwhile have had a remarkable influence on programming language design, system architectures, arid software tools and environments. The fundamentals of algebraic specification lay a basis for teaching, research, and development in all those fields of computer science where algebraic techniques are the subject or are used with advantage on a conceptual level. Such a basis, however, we do not regard to be a synopsis of all the different approaches and achievements but rather a consistently developed theory. Such a theory should mainly emphasize elaboration of basic concepts from one point of view and, in a rigorous way, reach the state of the art in the field. We understand fundamentals in this context as: 1. Fundamentals in the sense of a carefully motivated introduction to algebraic specification, which is understandable for computer scientists and mathematicians. 2. Fundamentals in the sense of mathematical theories which are the basis for precise definitions, constructions, results, and correctness proofs. 3. Fundamentals in the sense of concepts from computer science, which are introduced on a conceptual level and formalized in mathematical terms.

Since the early seventies concepts of specification have become central in the whole area of computer science. Especially algebraic specification techniques for abstract data types and software systems have gained considerable importance in recent years. They have not only played a central role in the theory of data type specification, but meanwhile have had a remarkable influence on programming language design, system architectures, arid software tools and environments. The fundamentals of algebraic specification lay a basis for teaching, research, and development in all those fields of computer science where algebraic techniques are the subject or are used with advantage on a conceptual level. Such a basis, however, we do not regard to be a synopsis of all the different approaches and achievements but rather a consistently developed theory. Such a theory should mainly emphasize elaboration of basic concepts from one point of view and, in a rigorous way, reach the state of the art in the field. We understand fundamentals in this context as: 1. Fundamentals in the sense of a carefully motivated introduction to algebraic specification, which is understandable for computer scientists and mathematicians. 2. Fundamentals in the sense of mathematical theories which are the basis for precise definitions, constructions, results, and correctness proofs. 3. Fundamentals in the sense of concepts from computer science, which are introduced on a conceptual level and formalized in mathematical terms.

The aim of this book is to present fundamentals of algebraicspecifications with respect to the following three aspects:fundamentals in the sense of a carefully motivatedintroduction to algebraic specifications, which is easy tounderstand for computer scientists and mathematicians;fundamentals in the sense of mathematical theories which arethe basis for precise definitions, constructions, results,and correctness proofs; and fundamentals in the sense ofconcepts, which are introduced on a conceptual level andformalized in mathematical terms.The book is equally suitableas a text book for graduatecourses and as a reference for researchers and systemdevelopers.

The aim of this book is to present fundamentals of algebraicspecifications with respect to the following three aspects:fundamentals in the sense of a carefully motivatedintroduction to algebraic specifications, which is easy tounderstand for computer scientists and mathematicians;fundamentals in the sense of mathematical theories which arethe basis for precise definitions, constructions, results,and correctness proofs; and fundamentals in the sense ofconcepts, which are introduced on a conceptual level andformalized in mathematical terms.The book is equally suitableas a text book for graduatecourses and as a reference for researchers and systemdevelopers.

In fünf sorgfältig aufeinander abgestimmten Teilen behandelt das Buch die wesentlichen mathematischen Elemente der formalen Spezifikation von Systemen und der Aussagen- und Prädikatenlogik, die für das Verständnis des formalisierten Problemlösens entscheidend und damit für Informatiker unerläßlich sind.Eine Einführung in die intuitive Mengentheorie vermittelt zunächst notwendige mathematische Grundlagen. Motiviert durch das Konzept von Datenstrukturen und abstrakten Datentypen, werden dann algebraische Strukturen in der Informatik behandelt. Danach werden Aussagen- und Prädikatenlogik aus der Sicht der Mathematik und Informatik dargestellt. Schließlich führt die Kategorientheorie für Informatiker in die Welt der abstrakten Behandlung mathematischer Strukturen ein.