We propose a new algorithm for verifying concurrent programs, which uses concrete executions to partition the program into a set of lean partitions called concurrent trace program...
Along with the popularity of software-intensive systems, the interactions between system components and between humans and software applications are becoming more and more complex...
One of Courcelle’s celebrated results states that if C is a class of graphs of bounded tree-width, then model-checking for monadic second order logic (MSO2) is fixed-parameter t...
Abstract. Guidelines and consistency rules of UML are used to control the degrees of freedom provided by the language to prevent faults. Guidelines are used in specific domains (e...
Many recent research projects focus on language support for behavioral software contracts, that is, assertions that govern the boundaries between software building blocks such as ...