Formal science is a branch of science studying disciplines concerned with abstract structures described by formal systems, such as logic, mathematics...

computer science), which study formal systems, governed by axioms and rules. There is disagreement whether the formal sciences are science disciplines...

of science, also referred to as sciences, scientific fields or scientific disciplines, are commonly divided into three major groups: Formal sciences: the...

the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or logical truths...

In logic, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics, a formal language consists of words whose letters are taken from an alphabet and are well-formed...

In computer science, formal methods are mathematically rigorous techniques for the specification, development, analysis, and verification of software...

branches (also known as fields). As empirical sciences, natural sciences use tools from the formal sciences, such as mathematics and logic, converting information...

A formal system is an abstract structure and formalization of an axiomatic system used for inferring theorems from axioms by a set of inference rules....

properties of formal systems based on definitions and rules. Branches of formal science (also known as the formal sciences) Natural science   (outline)...

Applied science can also apply formal science, such as statistics and probability theory, as in epidemiology. Genetic epidemiology is an applied science applying...