Temporal Logic and State Systems [Paperback]

Temporal logic has developed over the last 30 years into a powerful formal setting for the specification and verification of state-based systems. Based on university lectures given by the authors, this book is a comprehensive, concise, uniform, up-to-date presentation of the theory and applications of linear and branching time temporal logic; TLA (Temporal Logic of Actions); automata theoretical connections; model checking; and related theories.

All theoretical details and numerous application examples are elaborated carefully and with full formal rigor, and the book will serve as a basic source and reference for lecturers, graduate students and researchers.

Temporal logic has developed over the last 30 years into a powerful formal setting for the specification and verification of state-based systems. Based on university lectures given by the authors, this book is a comprehensive, concise, uniform, up-to-date presentation of the theory and applications of linear and branching time temporal logic; TLA (Temporal Logic of Actions); automata theoretical connections; model checking; and related theories.

All theoretical details and numerous application examples are elaborated carefully and with full formal rigor, and the book will serve as a basic source and reference for lecturers, graduate students and researchers.

Basic Concepts and Notions of Logics.- Basic Propositional Linear Temporal Logic.- Extensions of LTL.- Expressiveness of Propositional Linear Temporal Logics.- First-Order Linear Temporal Logic.- State Systems.- Verification of State Systems.- Verification of Concurrent Programs.- Structured Specification.- Other Temporal Logics.- System Verification by Model Checking.

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In the book under review, significant new materials and approaches are included, in particular, branching time logics, expressiveness issues of temporal logil&