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Program Verification pp 99–133Cite as

First Steps Towards Inferential Programming

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Our basic premise is that the ability to construct and modify programs will not improve without a new and comprehensive look at the entire programming process. Past theoretical research, say, in the logics of programs, has tended to focus on methods for reasoning about individual programs; little has been done, it seems to us, to develop a sound understanding of the process of programming — the process by which programs evolve in concept and in practice. At present, we lack the means to describe the techniques of program construction and improvement in ways that properly link verification, documentation and adaptability.

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  • Formal Proof
  • Mathematical Proof
  • Defense Advance Research Project Agency
  • Program Verification
  • Derivation Structure

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    William L. Scherlis & Dana S. Scott

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    Timothy R. Colburn

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

    James H. Fetzer

  3. IBM Health Industry Marketing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Terry L. Rankin

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Scherlis, W.L., Scott, D.S. (1993). First Steps Towards Inferential Programming. In: Colburn, T.R., Fetzer, J.H., Rankin, T.L. (eds) Program Verification. Studies in Cognitive Systems, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1793-7_6

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