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NCA
2008
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
On the Application of Formal Methods for Specifying and Verifying Distributed Protocols
In this paper we consider the frameworks of Process Algebra and I/O Automata and we apply both towards the verification of a distributed leader-election protocol. Based on the tw...
Marina Gelastou, Chryssis Georgiou, Anna Philippou
ARGMAS
2004
Springer
14 years 25 days ago
Some Preliminary Steps Towards a Meta-theory for Formal Inter-agent Dialogues
This paper investigates the properties of argumentation-based dialogues between agents. It takes a previously defined system by which agents can trade arguments, and examines how ...
Simon Parsons, Peter McBurney, Michael Wooldridge
AIME
2003
Springer
14 years 20 days ago
Informal and Formal Medical Guidelines: Bridging the Gap
Abstract. The role of medical guidelines is becoming more and more important in the medical field. Within the Protocure project it has been shown that the quality of medical guide...
Marije Geldof, Annette ten Teije, Frank van Harmel...
APLAS
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
ML Modules and Haskell Type Classes: A Constructive Comparison
Researchers repeatedly observed that the module system of ML and the type class mechanism of Haskell are related. So far, this relationship has received little formal investigation...
Stefan Wehr, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty
COSIT
2009
Springer
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13 years 11 months ago
Merging Qualitative Constraint Networks Defined on Different Qualitative Formalisms
Abstract. This paper addresses the problem of merging qualitative constraint networks (QCNs) defined on different qualitative formalisms. Our model is restricted to formalisms wher...
Jean-François Condotta, Souhila Kaci, Pierr...