The development of software systems is a complex task that requires support techniques to guide the process and solve inconsistencies in its . In the agent paradigm, the use of soc...
: This paper introduces the Calculating with Concepts (CC) technique, which has been developed to improve the precision of UML class diagrams and allows the formal reasoning based ...
The concept of system-on-a-chip is becoming increasingly popular for the integration of complex systems. New types of processor cores are now available that enable the designer to...
In this paper we illustrate a methodology for modeling and analyzing flexible feeders using generalized semi-Markov process (GSMP) models. Working through the simple case consisti...
Michael S. Branicky, Greg C. Causey, Roger D. Quin...
This paper summarises a tutorial entitled Analysis by Contract. Using fragments from a simple case study concerning a video store, the paper shows how a type model can provide the...