: We present an extension of the programming-by-contract (PBC) paradigm to a concurrent and distributed environment. Classical PBC is characterized by absolute conformance of code ...
Anders Starcke Henriksen, Tom Hvitved, Andrzej Fil...
Advances in computer networking technology and open system standards are making the creation and management of virtual enterprises feasible. A virtual enterprise is a temporary co...
Hasan Davulcu, Michael Kifer, L. Robert Pokorny, C...
We introduce the concept of a group principal and present a number of different classes of group principals, including threshold-group-principals. These appear to naturally usefu...
Most databases contain “name constants” like course numbers, personal names, and place names that correspond to entities in the real world. Previous work in integration of het...
We augment the I/O automaton model of Lynch and Tuttle with probability, as a step toward the ultimate goal of obtaining a useful tool for specifying and reasoning about asynchron...