Ideally, software is derived from requirements whose properties have been established as good. However, it is difficult to define and analyze requirements. Moreover, derivation of...
One of the challenges present to a Java compiler is Java’s frequent use of runtime exceptions. These exceptions affect performance directly by requiring explicit checks, as wel...
Matthew Arnold, Michael S. Hsiao, Ulrich Kremer, B...
Scheduling is one of the most successful application areas of constraint programming mainly thanks to special global constraints designed to model resource restrictions. Among thes...
Abstract Nowadays many real problems can be modelled as Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). A search algorithm for constraint programming requires an order in which variables ...
In component-based software engineering, reconfiguration describes structural changes to the architecture of a component system. For stateful components, not only structural but a...