Finite Model Theory and Its Applications
Finite Model Theory and Its Applications

Author: Erich Grädel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-04

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 3540688048

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Finite model theory,as understoodhere, is an areaof mathematicallogic that has developed in close connection with applications to computer science, in particular the theory of computational complexity and database theory. One of the fundamental insights of mathematical logic is that our understanding of mathematical phenomena is enriched by elevating the languages we use to describe mathematical structures to objects of explicit study. If mathematics is the science of patterns, then the media through which we discern patterns, as well as the structures in which we discern them, command our attention. It isthis aspect oflogicwhichis mostprominentin model theory,“thebranchof mathematical logic which deals with the relation between a formal language and its interpretations”. No wonder, then, that mathematical logic, and ?nite model theory in particular, should ?nd manifold applications in computer science: from specifying programs to querying databases, computer science is rife with phenomena whose understanding requires close attention to the interaction between language and structure. This volume gives a broadoverviewof some central themes of ?nite model theory: expressive power, descriptive complexity, and zero–one laws, together with selected applications to database theory and arti?cial intelligence, es- cially constraint databases and constraint satisfaction problems. The ?nal chapter provides a concise modern introduction to modal logic,which emp- sizes the continuity in spirit and technique with ?nite model theory.

Elements of Finite Model Theory
Elements of Finite Model Theory

Author: Leonid Libkin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3662070030

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Emphasizes the computer science aspects of the subject. Details applications in databases, complexity theory, and formal languages, as well as other branches of computer science.

Finite Model Theory
Finite Model Theory

Author: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-29

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 3540287884

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This is a thoroughly revised and enlarged second edition that presents the main results of descriptive complexity theory, that is, the connections between axiomatizability of classes of finite structures and their complexity with respect to time and space bounds. The logics that are important in this context include fixed-point logics, transitive closure logics, and also certain infinitary languages; their model theory is studied in full detail. The book is written in such a way that the respective parts on model theory and descriptive complexity theory may be read independently.

Handbook of Finite State Based Models and Applications
Handbook of Finite State Based Models and Applications

Author: Jiacun Wang

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1439846197

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Applicable to any problem that requires a finite number of solutions, finite state-based models (also called finite state machines or finite state automata) have found wide use in various areas of computer science and engineering. Handbook of Finite State Based Models and Applications provides a complete collection of introductory materials on fini

A Shorter Model Theory
A Shorter Model Theory

Author: Wilfrid Hodges

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-04-10

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780521587136

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This is an up-to-date textbook of model theory taking the reader from first definitions to Morley's theorem and the elementary parts of stability theory. Besides standard results such as the compactness and omitting types theorems, it also describes various links with algebra, including the Skolem-Tarski method of quantifier elimination, model completeness, automorphism groups and omega-categoricity, ultraproducts, O-minimality and structures of finite Morley rank. The material on back-and-forth equivalences, interpretations and zero-one laws can serve as an introduction to applications of model theory in computer science. Each chapter finishes with a brief commentary on the literature and suggestions for further reading. This book will benefit graduate students with an interest in model theory.

Vibration Theory and Applications with Finite Elements and Active Vibration Control
Vibration Theory and Applications with Finite Elements and Active Vibration Control

Author: Alan Palazzolo

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-01-11

Total Pages: 973

ISBN-13: 1118404262

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Based on many years of research and teaching, this book brings together all the important topics in linear vibration theory, including failure models, kinematics and modeling, unstable vibrating systems, rotordynamics, model reduction methods, and finite element methods utilizing truss, beam, membrane and solid elements. It also explores in detail active vibration control, instability and modal analysis. The book provides the modeling skills and knowledge required for modern engineering practice, plus the tools needed to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems effectively.

The Finite Element Method: Theory, Implementation, and Applications
The Finite Element Method: Theory, Implementation, and Applications

Author: Mats G. Larson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-01-13

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 3642332870

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This book gives an introduction to the finite element method as a general computational method for solving partial differential equations approximately. Our approach is mathematical in nature with a strong focus on the underlying mathematical principles, such as approximation properties of piecewise polynomial spaces, and variational formulations of partial differential equations, but with a minimum level of advanced mathematical machinery from functional analysis and partial differential equations. In principle, the material should be accessible to students with only knowledge of calculus of several variables, basic partial differential equations, and linear algebra, as the necessary concepts from more advanced analysis are introduced when needed. Throughout the text we emphasize implementation of the involved algorithms, and have therefore mixed mathematical theory with concrete computer code using the numerical software MATLAB is and its PDE-Toolbox. We have also had the ambition to cover some of the most important applications of finite elements and the basic finite element methods developed for those applications, including diffusion and transport phenomena, solid and fluid mechanics, and also electromagnetics.​

Finite and Algorithmic Model Theory
Finite and Algorithmic Model Theory

Author: Javier Esparza

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-03-10

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0521718201

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Surveys of current research in logical aspects of computer science that apply finite and infinite model-theoretic methods.

Model Theory
Model Theory

Author: Wilfrid Hodges

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-03-11

Total Pages: 810

ISBN-13: 9780521304429

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Model theory is concerned with the notions of definition, interpretation and structure in a very general setting, and is applied to a wide range of other areas such as set theory, geometry, algebra and computer science. This book provides an integrated introduction to model theory for graduate students.