Editors:
Simon Gay, University of Glasgow, UK
António Ravara, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Authors:
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of ICT, University of Malta,
Malta, School of Computer Science, Reykjavík University, Iceland
Behavioural type systems in programming languages support the specification and verification of properties of programs beyond the traditional use of type systems to describe data processing. A major example of such a property is correctness of communication in concurrent and distributed systems, motivated by the importance of structured communication in modern software.
Behavioural Types: from Theory to Tools presents programming languages and software tools produced by members of COST Action IC1201: Behavioural Types for Reliable Large-Scale Software Systems, a European research network that was funded from October 2012 to October 2016. As a survey of the most recent developments in the application of behavioural type systems, it is a valuable reference for researchers in the field, as well as an introduction to the area for graduate students and software developers.
Programming languages; behavioural type systems; choreography; program analysis tools; session types; software contracts; automation