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TEMPORAL LOGIC

Specialty Definition: TEMPORAL LOGIC

DomainDefinition

Computing

Temporal logic An extension of predicate calculus which includes notation for arguing about *when* statements are true. Time is discrete and extends indefinitely into the future. Three prefix operators, represented by a circle, square and diamond mean "is true at the next time instant", "is true from now on" and "is eventually true". x U y means x is true until y is true. x P y means x precedes y. There are two types of formula: "state formulae" about things true at one point in time, and "path formulae" about things true for a sequence of steps. An example of a path formula is "x U y", and example of a state formula is "next x" or a simple atomic formula such at "waiting". "true until" in this context means that a state formula holds at every point in time up to a point when another formula holds. "x U y" is the "strong until" and implies that there is a time when y is true. "x W y" is the "weak until" in which it is not necessary that y holds eventually. There are two types of temporal logic used: branching time and linear time. The basic propositional temporal logic cannot differentiate between the two, though. Linear time considers only one possible future, in branching time you have several alternative futures. In branching temporal logic you have the extra operators "A" (for "all futures") and "E" (for "some future"). For example, "A(work U go_home)" means "I will work until I go home" and "E(work U go_home)" means "I may work until I go home". (1997-01-21). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Math

The vertex which an edge of a directed graph enters. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Temporal logic

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Temporal logic is any approach to the representation of temporal information within a logical framework. The term is also used more narrowly to refer to the modal logic approach introduced by Arthur Prior in the 1960s under the name "tense logic".

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Temporal logic."

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Crosswords: TEMPORAL LOGIC

Specialty definitions using "TEMPORAL LOGIC": CTLLTLmodel checkingPLTLTEMPLOG. (references)

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Commercial Usage: TEMPORAL LOGIC

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Books

  • The Imperative Future Principles of Executable Temporal Logic: Principles of Executable Temporal Logic (Advanced Software Development Series, 4) (reference)

  • Temporal Logic, Omniscience, Human Freedom - Perspectives in Analytic Philosophy (European University Studies: Series 20, Philosophy; Vol. 319) (reference)

  • Verifying Concurrent Processes Using Temporal Logic (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TEMPORAL LOGIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

temporal logic

7
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Modern Translation: TEMPORAL LOGIC

Language Translations for "TEMPORAL LOGIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

temporal logik. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

temporele logica. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

temporaalilogiikka, aikalogiikka. (various references)

   

French

  

logique temporelle. (various references)

   

German

  

temporale Logik, Zeitlogik. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρονική λογική. (various references)

   

Italian

  

logica temporale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emporaltay ogiclay

   

Portuguese

  

lógica temporal. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

lógica temporal. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

temporal logik. (various references)

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Anagrams: TEMPORAL LOGIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-t"

-1 letter: metrological, petrological.

-3 letters: allometric, allotropic, apologetic, collimator, colportage, petrologic, prelogical.

-4 letters: allotrope, ametropic, colligate, collimate, coprolite, corollate, geotropic, pictogram, polemical, preatomic, precoital.

-5 letters: allergic, amitrole, calliope, calliper, capriole, clitoral, collaret, collator, collegia, compiler, compleat, complier, copremia, erotical, gallipot, galloper, gloomier, gloriole, impacter, impactor, impellor, leprotic, localite, loricate, martello, mercapto, metallic, metrical, micellar, millrace, oligomer.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-t"
 

+4 letters: micropaleontology, morphogenetically.

 

+5 letters: micropaleontologic.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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