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On an Algorithmic Algebra over Simple-Named Complex-Valued Nominative Data Cover

On an Algorithmic Algebra over Simple-Named Complex-Valued Nominative Data

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|Dec 2018

Abstract

This paper continues formalization in the Mizar system [2, 1] of basic notions of the composition-nominative approach to program semantics [14] which was started in [8, 12, 10].

The composition-nominative approach studies mathematical models of computer programs and data on various levels of abstraction and generality and provides tools for reasoning about their properties. In particular, data in computer systems are modeled as nominative data [15]. Besides formalization of semantics of programs, certain elements of the composition-nominative approach were applied to abstract systems in a mathematical systems theory [4, 6, 7, 5, 3].

In the paper we give a formal definition of the notions of a binominative function over given sets of names and values (i.e. a partial function which maps simple-named complex-valued nominative data to such data) and a nominative predicate (a partial predicate on simple-named complex-valued nominative data). The sets of such binominative functions and nominative predicates form the carrier of the generalized Glushkov algorithmic algebra for simple-named complex-valued nominative data [15]. This algebra can be used to formalize algorithms which operate on various data structures (such as multidimensional arrays, lists, etc.) and reason about their properties.

In particular, we formalize the operations of this algebra which require a specification of a data domain and which include the existential quantifier, the assignment composition, the composition of superposition into a predicate, the composition of superposition into a binominative function, the name checking predicate. The details on formalization of nominative data and the operations of the algorithmic algebra over them are described in [11, 13, 9].

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forma-2018-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1898-9934 | Journal ISSN: 1426-2630
Language: English
Page range: 149 - 158
Accepted on: Jun 29, 2018
Published on: Dec 24, 2018
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Ievgen Ivanov, Artur Korniłowicz, Mykola Nikitchenko, published by University of Białystok
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