This book is the distillation of over 25 years of work by one of the world's most renowned computer scientists. A specification is a written description of what a system is supposed to do, plus a way of checking to make sure that it works. Specifying a system helps us understand…
Visual Soil Evaluation provides land users and environmental authorities with simple methods to assess soil quality for crop performance. An important tool for ensuring food security, this book also shows how visual soil evaluation can reveal the potential of different land type…
Soil ecology and ecosystem services
"This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a un…
This book presents a "practical theory" of reactive systems, with formal foundations in Temporal Logic of Actions. The theory supports incremental development of operational, object-oriented models in steps that preserve already established properties. Models are given in an act…
This book presents a "practical theory" of reactive systems, with formal foundations in Temporal Logic of Actions. The theory supports incremental development of operational, object-oriented models in steps that preserve already established properties. Models are given in an act…
A man may imagine he understands something, but still not understand anything in the way that he ought to. (Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 8:2) Calling this a 'practical theory' may require some explanation. Theory and practice are often thought of as two di?erent worlds, governe…
"This book presents a "practical theory" of reactive systems, with formal foundations in the temporal logic of actions. The theory supports incremental development of operational, object-oriented models in steps that preserve already established properties. Models are given in a…