The design of complex systems is largely ruled by the time needed for verification. Even though formal methods can provide higher reliability, in practice often simulation based ve...
One of the most difficult problems that humanity currently faces is the sustainable development of our society, i.e. how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the...
Jordi Cabot, Steve M. Easterbrook, Jennifer Horkof...
We describe a method of representing human activities that allows a collection of motions to be queried without examples, using a simple and effective query language. Our approach...
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the level of service that a service provider must deliver. An SLA is a contract between service provider and consumer, and includes appropri...
Tony Chau, Vinod Muthusamy, Hans-Arno Jacobsen, El...
Software process improvement requires high level formalisms for describing project-specific, organizational and quality aspects. These formalisms must be convenient not only for ...