Abstract. Formal methods emphasizes the need for a top-down approach when developing large reliable software systems. Refinements are map step by step abstract algebraic specificat...
The database community has produced extensive research on the concurrency control problem in the context of traditional databases. However, this traditional model is not suitable ...
Database systems for real-time applications must satisfy timing constraints associated with transactions. Typically, a timing constraint is expressed in the form of a deadline and ...
The majority of work on protection in single-language mobile code environments focuses on information security issues and depends on the language environment for solutions to the ...
Abstract We present the semantics and proof system for an objectoriented language with active objects, asynchronous method calls, and futures. The language, based on Creol, disting...
Frank S. de Boer, Dave Clarke, Einar Broch Johnsen