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IFIP
2004
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
New-HOPLA: A Higher-order Process Language with Name Generation
Abstract This paper introduces new-HOPLA, a concise but powerful language for higherorder nondeterministic processes with name generation. Its origins as a metalanguage for domain ...
Glynn Winskel, Francesco Zappa Nardelli
EBERNBURG
1990
15 years 10 months ago
Problems of Autonomy and Discontexturality in the Theory of Living Systems
In the theory of living systems any description of self-organizing processes is confronted by a very central problem concerning the role of the system's boundary, i.e., there...
Rudolf Kaehr, E. von Goldammer
CADE
2006
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Interpolation in Local Theory Extensions
In this paper we study interpolation in local extensions of a base theory. We identify situations in which it is possible to obtain interpolants in a hierarchical manner, by using ...
Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans
IGPL
2008
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15 years 5 months ago
The Ricean Objection: An Analogue of Rice's Theorem for First-order Theories
We propose here an extension of Rice's Theorem to first-order logic, proven by totally elementary means. If P is any property defined over the collection of all first-order t...
Igor Carboni Oliveira, Walter Alexandre Carnielli
DESRIST
2009
Springer
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Building theory in the sciences of the artificial
This essay extends Simon’s arguments in the Sciences of the Artificial to a critical examination of how theorizing in Information Technology disciplines should occur. The essay ...
Shirley Gregor