Modal Logic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521527149)

This modern, advanced textbook reviews modal logic, a field which caught the attention of computer scientists in the late 1970's. The development is mathematical; prior acquaintance with first-order logic and its semantics is assumed, and familiarity with the basic mathematical notions of set theory is required. The authors focus on the use of modal languages as tools to analyze the properties of relational structures, including their algorithmic and algebraic aspects. Applications to issues in logic and computer science such as completeness, computability and complexity are considered.

Author: Patrick Blackburn, Maarten de Rijke, Yde Venema
ISBN-10: 0521527147
ISBN-13: 9780521527149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2002
Pages: 578
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.14w x 1.20d