ite-state abstraction scheme such as predicate abstraction. The type system, which is also parametric, type checks exactly those programs that are accepted by the model checker. It...
Reconciliating divergent data is an important issue in concurrent engineering, mobile computing and software configuration management. Currently, a lot of synchronizers or merge ...
A UML model of a software system can be represented by a sequence of model transformations, starting from an empty model. To effectively support the design of complex systems, tra...
Embedded devices like smart cards can now run multiple interacting applications. A particular challenge in this domain is to dynamically integrate diverse security policies. In th...
Representation of negotiations in electronic markets and their support are important issues in today's e-commerce research. Whereas most activities are focused on automation ...