Computer Program Construction

This book presents a comprehensive treatment of the process of constructing computer programs through stepwise resolutions of relational equations. Unlike other books that take a logic-based approach to the topic, the authors derive constructive solutions to these equations by means of programming heuristics, three classes of which are presented in detail; sequence heuristics, iteration heuristics, and generalization heuristics. The authors are the leaders in this field and their experience is wonderfully showcased in this definitive introduction to the subject.