This collection of essays examines the key achievements and likely developments in the area of automated reasoning. In keeping with the group ethos, Automated Reasoning is interpreted liberally, spanning underpinning theory, tools for reasoning, argumentation, explanation, computational creativity, and pedagogy. Wider applications including secure and trustworthy software, and health care and emergency management. The book starts with a technically oriented history of the Edinburgh Automated Reasoning Group, written by Alan Bundy, which is followed by chapters from leading researchers associated with the group.
Mathematical Reasoning: The History and Impact of the DRea M Group will attract considerable interest from researchers and practitioners of Automated Reasoning, including postgraduates. It should also be of interest to those researching the history of AI.
Table of Content
1.- History of the DRea M Group.- 2 Recollections of Hope Park Square, 1970 — 73.- 3 Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning.- 4 Dynamic Proof Presentation.- 5 Proof Mechanization: From Dream to Reality.- 6 Reasoned Modelling.- 7 Human-Like Computational Reasoning: Diagrams and Other Representations.- 8 From Mathematical Reasoning to Crises in Different Languages.
About the author
Greg Michaelson is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. With research focused on properties of programming languages and programs, and how people learn programming, he has enjoyed long standing collaborations with DRea M Group colleagues.