Explicit preferences on assumptions as used in prioritized circumscription [McCarthy, 1986; Lifschitz, 1985; Grosof, 1991] and preferred subtheories [Brewka, 1989] provide a clear...
Abstract. This paper is centered on the problem of merging (possibly conflicting) information coming from different sources. Though this problem has attracted much attention in pro...
In this report, we unify two quite distinct approaches to information retrieval: region models and language models. Region models were developed for structured document retrieval....
Self-adapting software adapts its behavior in an autonomic way, by dynamically adding, suppressing and recomposing components, and by the use of computational reflection. One way t...
We present Phantm, a static analyzer that uses a flowsensitive analysis to detect type errors in PHP applications. Phantm can infer types for nested arrays, and can leverage runti...