In this paper we introduce a formal framework for the construction of normative multiagent systems, based on Searle’s notion of the construction of social reality. Within the st...
Abstract. To produce a program guaranteed to satisfy a given specification one can synthesize it from a formal constructive proof that a computation satisfying that specification...
Mark Bickford, Robert L. Constable, Joseph Y. Halp...
Discourse in formal domains, such as mathematics, is characterized by a mixture of telegraphic natural language and embedded formal expressions. Little is known about the suitabil...
Abstract. Public-key cryptography is a prerequisite for security in distributed systems and for reliable electronic commerce. The protection of public keys against attacks is the A...
Abstract. J. Launchbury gave an operational semantics for lazy evaluation and showed that it is sound and complete w.r.t. a denotational s of the language. P. Sestoft then introduc...