This second volume looks at the principles and techniques of modeling spatial and simple temporal phenomena, and such specialized topics as modularity (UML class diagrams), Petri nets, live sequence charts, statecharts, and temporal logics, including the duration calculus. The book presents principles and techniques for developing the basis for sound, efficient interpreter and compiler development of functional, imperative, modular and parallel programming languages.
From the reviews:
"The present volume is the second one of a trilogy on formal development of large scale systems. ... Each topic is presented by means of many examples ... . The end of each chapter includes several exercises that demonstrate the topics in a more realistic setting. The quite large spectrum of modelling and specification tools ... provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding ... . the book appeals to researchers and to practitioners involved in language specification and modelling of real time and concurrent systems." (Tudor Balanescu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1095 (21), 2006)