Abstract. Formal grammars are well established for specifying the syntax of programming languages. However, the formal specification of programming language semantics has proven mo...
After brie y reviewing the basic notions and terminology of active rules and relating them to production rules and deductive rules, respectively, we survey a number of formal appro...
Abstract. Role-based access control (RBAC) is recognized as an excellent model for access control in large-scale networked applications. Formalization of RBAC in a logical approach...
Abstract. We have designed a programming logic based on an integration of functional programming languages with classical set theory. The logic merges a classical view of equality ...
The formal description of the semantics of object-oriented data models is still an open problem. Some characteristic features of object-oriented data models, such as methods and i...