Joseph Goguen
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Joseph Amadee Goguen (28 June 1941 – 3 July 2006) was a U.S. computer scientist. He was professor of Computer Science at the University of California and Oxford University and held research positions at IBM and SRI International.
Biography
Goguen's work was one of the earliest approaches to the algebraic characterization of abstract data types and he originated and helped develop the OBJ family of programming languages.
He was author of A Categorical Manifesto and founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Consciousness Studies.
His development of institution theory impacted the field of universal logic.
Standard implication in product fuzzy logic is often called "Goguen implication".
"Goguen categories" are named after him.
See also
External links
- Joseph Goguen @ Wikipedia.org
