To be able to handle the ever growing volumes of XML documents, effective and efficient data management solutions are needed. Managing XML data in a relational DBMS has great pote...
We propose a new integrated approach based on Markov logic networks (MLNs), an effective combination of probabilistic graphical models and firstorder logic for statistical relatio...
Abstract. Software security can be ensured by specifying and verifying security properties of software using formal methods with strong theoretical bases. In particular, programs c...
Jean Goubault-Larrecq, Slawomir Lasota, David Nowa...
We present role logic, a notation for describing properties of relational structures in shape analysis, databases, and knowledge bases. We construct role logic using the ideas of ...
In joint work with Peter O’Hearn and others, based on early ideas of Burstall, we have developed an extension of Hoare logic that permits reasoning about low-level imperative pr...