Computer science reconsidered : the invocation model of process expression / Karl M. Fant.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780470125779
- 0470125772
- 9780470125762
- 0470125764
- 1280916842
- 9781280916847
- 9786610916849
- 6610916845
- 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)
- 004 22
- QA76 .F362 2007eb
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.
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