Abstract. We describe a model-checking based approach to verification of programs written in the agent programming language Dribble. We define a logic (an extension of the branch...
—We claim that the renting of machine resources on clusters of servers introduces new systems challenges which are different from those hitherto encountered, either in multimedia...
In this paper we develop a language of mobile agents called uPLAN for describing the capabilities of active (programmable) networks. We use a formal semantics for uPLAN to demonst...
In recent years, UML has become a standard language for modeling software requirements and design. In this paper we investigate the suitability of UML as a semiformal requirements...
Abstract. In this paper we extend one of the main tools used in veri cation of discrete systems, namely Binary Decision Diagrams (BDD), to treat probabilistic transition systems. W...