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FOSSACS
2004
Springer
16 years 10 hour ago
Angelic Semantics of Fine-Grained Concurrency
We introduce a game model for an Algol-like programming language with primitives for parallel composition and synchronization on semaphores. The semantics is based on a simplifie...
Dan R. Ghica, Andrzej S. Murawski
ICFEM
2004
Springer
16 years 1 hour ago
Formal Proof from UML Models
Abstract. We present a practical approach to a formal analysis of UMLbased models. This is achieved by an underlying formal representation in Z, which allows us to pose and dischar...
Nuno Amálio, Susan Stepney, Fiona Polack
ICFEM
2003
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
A Z Based Approach to Verifying Security Protocols
Abstract. Security protocols preserve essential properties, such as confidentiality and authentication, of electronically transmitted data. However, such properties cannot be dire...
Benjamin W. Long, Colin J. Fidge, Antonio Cerone
ENTCS
2010
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15 years 4 months ago
Relating PDEs in Cylindrical Coordinates and CTMCs with Levels of Concentration
We present the derivation of a CTMC with levels model of diffusion in cylindrical coordinates partial differential equation for Fick's law. The resulting model abstracts both...
Andrea Degasperi, Muffy Calder
ENTCS
2010
154views more  ENTCS 2010»
15 years 4 months ago
Process Algebra with Hooks for Models of Pattern Formation
We introduce Process Algebra with Hooks (PAH). In PAH processes represent different layers action, from biochemistry to tissue, and special synchronisations via hook actions ensur...
Andrea Degasperi, Muffy Calder