Java is the canonical language for teaching introductory programming, but its complex syntax and abundance of constructs are difficult for beginners to learn. This paper shows how...
James I. Hsia, Elspeth Simpson, Daniel Smith, Robe...
SLABS is a formal specification language designed for modular and composable specification of multi-agent systems. This paper reports our attempts to support SLABS at the level ...
: A growing demand for distributed and decentralized software, together with an increasing inherent complexity of these systems challenges traditional software engineering practice...
When modifying or debugging a software system, among other tasks, developers must often understand and manipulate source code that crosscuts the system’s structure. These tasks ...
For software executing several threads in parallel, testing is unreliable, as it cannot cover all thread schedules. Model checking, however, can cover all possible thread interlea...