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Computer science reconsidered : the invocation model of process expression / Karl M. Fant.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, �2007.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 269 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780470125779
  • 0470125772
  • 9780470125762
  • 0470125764
  • 1280916842
  • 9781280916847
  • 9786610916849
  • 6610916845
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Computer science reconsidered.DDC classification:
  • 004 22
LOC classification:
  • QA76 .F362 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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