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MKM
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Biform Theories in Chiron
An axiomatic theory represents mathematical knowledge declaratively as a set of axioms. An algorithmic theory represents mathematical knowledge procedurally as a set of algorithms....
William M. Farmer
SOFSEM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
When Analysis Fails: Heuristic Mechanism Design via Self-correcting Procedures
Abstract. Computational mechanism design (CMD) seeks to understand how to design game forms that induce desirable outcomes in multiagent systems despite private information, self-i...
David C. Parkes
ESORICS
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A Theory of Runtime Enforcement, with Results
This paper presents a theory of runtime enforcement based on mechanism models called MRAs (Mandatory Results Automata). MRAs can monitor and transform security-relevant actions and...
Jay Ligatti, Srikar Reddy
POPL
2012
ACM
12 years 5 months ago
A type theory for probability density functions
There has been great interest in creating probabilistic programming languages to simplify the coding of statistical tasks; however, there still does not exist a formal language th...
Sooraj Bhat, Ashish Agarwal, Richard W. Vuduc, Ale...
CMSB
2007
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Expressive Models for Synaptic Plasticity
We explore some presynaptic mechanisms of the calyx of Held synapse through a stochastic model. The model, drawn from a kinetic approach developed in literature, exploits process c...
Andrea Bracciali, Marcello Brunelli, Enrico Catald...