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Fant, Karl M.

Computer science reconsidered : the invocation model of process expression / Karl M. Fant. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, �2007. - 1 online resource (xix, 269 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

COMPUTER SCIENCE RECONSIDERED; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 A Critical Review of the Notion of the Algorithm in Computer Science; 2 The Simplicity of Concurrency; 3 Dehumanizing Computer Science; 4 Transcending the Variable; 5 The Invocation Model; 6 Along the Spectrum; 7 Composing Boundaries; 8 Time and Memory; 9 Incidental Time; 10 Points of View; 11 Referential and Autonomous Process Expression; 12 The Invocation Language; 13 Reflections; Index.

The Invocation Model of Process Expression argues that mathematics does not provide the most appropriate conceptual foundations for computer science, but, rather, that these foundations are a primary source of unnecessary complexity and confusion.


English.

ISBN: 9780470125779 0470125772 9780470125762 0470125764 1280916842 9781280916847 9786610916849 6610916845

Standard No.: 10.1002/9780470125779 doi

Source: 10.1002/9780470125779 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA720432 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Computer science.
Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
Electronic data processing--Distributed processing.
Electronic data processing.
Electronic Data Processing
Informatique.
Parall�elisme (Informatique)
Traitement r�eparti.
computer science.
data processing.
COMPUTERS--Reference.
COMPUTERS--Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS--Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
COMPUTERS--Data Processing.
COMPUTERS--Computer Science.
COMPUTERS--Hardware--General.
Electronic data processing
Computer science
Electronic data processing--Distributed processing
Parallel processing (Electronic computers)

LC Class. No.: QA76 / .F362 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 004