Using the language Z for more than specification is hindered by the fact that its algebra of schemas is not monotonic with respect to refinement; so specification is modular, but ...
In this paper, we propose a set of tasks that are relevant for the modular reuse of ontologies. In order to formalize these tasks as reasoning problems, we introduce the notions o...
Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Ian Horrocks, Yevgeny Kazako...
This paper presents a new rule for reasoning about method calls in object-oriented programs. It is an adaptation of Hoare's rule of adaptation to the object-oriented paradigm,...
Event-based systems are developed and used as a coordination model to integrate components in loosely coupled systems. Research and product development focused so far on efficienc...
When a physicist performs a quantic measurement, new information about the system at hand is gathered. This presentation studies the logical properties of how this new information...