The action systems framework has recently been applied to the area of synchronous VLSI design. In this paper, we present a set of concepts necessary in the formal design of synchr...
As Internet applications become larger and more complex, the task of managing them becomes overwhelming. “Abnormal” events such as software updates, failures, attacks, and hots...
Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi, Alexander Reinefeld, J...
An integrated model-based development approach has to capture the relationship between requirements, design, and implementation models. In the requirements engineering phase, the m...
Transformational design integrates design and verification. It combines "correctness by construciion" and design creativity by the use ofpre-proven behaviour preserving ...
The paper generalizes the notion of a social law, the foundation of the theory of artificial social systems developed for coordinating Multi-Agent Systems. In an artificial social...