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TACS
2001
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Fixed-Point Logic with the Approximation Modality and Its Kripke Completeness
Abstract. We present two modal typing systems with the approximation modality, which has been proposed by the author to capture selfreferences involved in computer programs and the...
Hiroshi Nakano
AC
2000
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Operational Semantics and Program Equivalence
This tutorial paper discusses a particular style of operational semantics that enables one to give a ‘syntax-directed’ inductive definition of termination which is very useful...
Andrew M. Pitts
AC
1999
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Consensus in Asynchronous Distributed Systems: A Concise Guided Tour
Abstract. It is now recognized that the Consensus problem is a fundamental problem when one has to design and implement reliable asynchronous distributed systems. This chapter is o...
Rachid Guerraoui, Michel Hurfin, Achour Most&eacut...
FSTTCS
1999
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
A Foundation for Hybrid Knowledge Bases
Abstract. Hybrid knowledge bases (HKB’s) [11] were developed to provide formal models for the mediation of data and knowledge bases [14,15]. They are based on Generalized Annotat...
James J. Lu, Neil V. Murray, Erik Rosenthal
FSTTCS
1998
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
A Synchronous Semantics of Higher-Order Processes for Modeling Reconfigurable Reactive Systems
Abstract. Synchronous languages are well suited for the design of dependable real-time systems: they enable a very high-level specification and an extremely modular implementation ...
Jean-Pierre Talpin, David Nowak