Abstract. The real-time process algebra (RTPA) is a set of new mathematical notations for formally describing system architectures, and static and dynamic behaviors. It is recogniz...
A domain model describes common and variant requirements for a system family. UML notations used in requirements analysis and software modeling can be extended with “variation p...
Ontologies play an important role in the Semantic Web. Currently, several Web ontology languages have been proposed and there has been a substantial effort towards the formalizat...
Abstract. The complete specification of full contracts -- contracts which include tolerated exceptions, and which enable reasoning about the contracts themselves, can be achieved u...
Abstract. Ontology construction is a labour-intensive and costly process. Even though many formal and semi-formal vocabularies are available, creating an ontology for a specific ap...
Nicole J. J. P. Koenderink, Mark van Assem, J. Lar...