We introduce the idea of optimisation validation, which is to formally establish that an instance of an optimising transformation indeed improves with respect to some resource mea...
David Aspinall, Lennart Beringer, Alberto Momiglia...
Recently the term Web Services choreography has been introduced to address some issues related to Web Services composition and coordination. Several proposals for describing chore...
The hybrid χ (Chi) formalism is suited to modeling, simulation and verification of hybrid systems. It integrates concepts from dynamics and control theory with concepts from com...
D. A. van Beek, J. E. Rooda, Ramon R. H. Schiffele...
When architecting dependable systems, in addition to improving system dependability by means of construction (fault-tolerant and redundant mechanisms, for instance), it is also im...
Henry Muccini, Marcio S. Dias, Debra J. Richardson
Estimating software size is a difficult task that requires a methodological approach. Many different methods that exist today use distinct abstractions to depict a software system...