Object Oriented Institutions to Specify Symbolic Computation System

The specification of the data structures used in EAT, a software system for symbolic computation in algebraic topology, is based on an operation that defines a link among different specification frameworks like hidden algebras and coalgebras. In this paper, this operation is extended using the notio...

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Autores: Domínguez, C. [0000-0002-2081-7523], Lambán, L. [0000-0003-2383-2689], Rubio, J. [0000-0002-4282-3692]
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de La Rioja (UR)
Repositorio:RIUR. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Rioja
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.dialnet.es:doc/5bbc6a13b750603269e82691
Acesso em linha:https://investigacion.unirioja.es/documentos/5bbc6a13b750603269e82691
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Institution
Object orientation
Specification
Symbolic computation
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Resumo:The specification of the data structures used in EAT, a software system for symbolic computation in algebraic topology, is based on an operation that defines a link among different specification frameworks like hidden algebras and coalgebras. In this paper, this operation is extended using the notion of institution, giving rise to three institution encodings. These morphisms define a commutative diagram which shows three possible views of the same construction, placing it in an equational algebraic institution, in a hidden institution or in a coalgebraic institution. Moreover, these morphisms can be used to obtain a, new description of the final objects of the categories of algebras in these frameworks, which are suitable abstract models for the EAT data structures. Thus, our main contribution is a formalization allowing us to encode a family of data structures by means of a single algebra (which can be described as a coproduct on the image of the institution morphisms). With this aim, new particular definitions of hidden and coalgebraic institutions are presented. © EDP Sciences 2007.