— We present Bristlecone, a programming language for robust software systems. Bristlecone applications have two components: a high-level organization specification that describe...
We present a general theory for the use of negative premises in the rules of Transition System Specifications (TSSs). We formulate a criterion that should be satisfied by a TSS in ...
This paper provides an account of the representation of defaults in Cyc and their semantics in terms of first order logic with reification. Default reasoning is a complex thing, a...
In many theorem proving applications, a proper treatment of equational theories or equality is mandatory. In this paper we show how to integrate a modern treatment of equality in ...
Abstract. We introduce a uniform framework for reasoning about infinitestate systems with unbounded control structures and unbounded data domains. Our framework is based on constr...
Ahmed Bouajjani, Peter Habermehl, Yan Jurski, Miha...