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Definition: A logic with a notion of time included. The formulas can express facts about past, present, and future states. The formulas are interpreted over Kripke structures, which can model computation; hence temporal logic is very useful in formal verification.
Author: SKS
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Cite this as:
Sandeep Kumar Shukla, "temporal logic", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/temporllogic.html
