This paper presents an approach and a tool to increase specification quality by using a combination of UML and formal languages. Our approach is based on the expression of the UML ...
Chi calculus was proposed as a process algebra that has a uniform treatment of names. The paper carries out a systematic study of bisimilarities for chi processes. The notion of L-...
The use of typed intermediate languages can significantly increase the reliability of a compiler. By type-checking the code produced at each transformation stage, one can identify...
Distributed constraint optimization (DCOP) has emerged as a useful technique for multiagent coordination. While previous DCOP work focuses on optimizing a single team objective, i...
There is increasing evidence to suggest that the neocortex of the mammalian brain does not consist of a collection of specialised and dedicated cortical architectures, but instead ...
John Thornton, Torbjorn Gustafsson, Michael Blumen...