Abstract. Dynamic fault trees (DFTs) are a versatile and common formalism to model and analyze the reliability of computer-based systems. This paper presents a formal semantics of ...
Software flaws in native methods may defeat Java’s guarantees of safety and security. One common kind of flaws in native methods results from the discrepancy on how exceptions...
We present an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of function and object based models in system specification. Functional models should be used for functional design space expl...
Formal analysis remains outside the mainstream of system design practice. Interactive methods and tools are regarded by some to be on the margin of useful research in this area. Al...
Many enterprise, campus, and data-center networks have complex layer-2 virtual LANs (“VLANs”) below the IP layer. The interaction between layer-2 and IP topologies in these VL...
Muhammad Mukarram Bin Tariq, Ahmed Mansy, Nick Fea...