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KR
1992
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Embedding Defaults into Terminological Knowledge Representation Formalisms
Abstract, We consider the problem of integrating Reiter's default logic into terminological representation systems. It turns out that such an integration is less straightforwa...
Franz Baader, Bernhard Hollunder
TLDI
2009
ACM
169views Formal Methods» more  TLDI 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Relational parametricity for references and recursive types
We present a possible world semantics for a call-by-value higherorder programming language with impredicative polymorphism, general references, and recursive types. The model is o...
Lars Birkedal, Kristian Støvring, Jacob Tha...
VLDB
2007
ACM
161views Database» more  VLDB 2007»
14 years 2 months ago
Reasoning about the Behavior of Semantic Web Services with Concurrent Transaction Logic
The recent upsurge in the interest in Semantic Web services and the high-profile projects such as the WSMO, OWLS, and SWSL, have drawn attention to the importance of logic-based ...
Dumitru Roman, Michael Kifer
FASE
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
An Algebraic Semantics for MOF
Abstract. Model-driven development is a field within software engineering in which software artifacts are represented as models in order to improve productivity, quality, and cost ...
Artur Boronat, José Meseguer
TCS
1998
13 years 7 months ago
Proving Possibility Properties
A method is described for proving “always possibly” properties of specifications in formalisms with linear-time trace semantics. It is shown to be relatively complete for TLA...
Leslie Lamport