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PODC
2003
ACM
14 years 22 days ago
A lattice-theoretic characterization of safety and liveness
The distinction between safety and liveness properties is due to Lamport who gave the following informal characterization. Safety properties assert that nothing bad ever happens w...
Panagiotis Manolios, Richard J. Trefler
GECCO
2010
Springer
191views Optimization» more  GECCO 2010»
13 years 7 months ago
Fitness importance for online evolution
To complement standard fitness functions, we propose "Fitness Importance" (FI) as a novel meta-heuristic for online learning systems. We define FI and show how it can be...
Philip Valencia, Raja Jurdak, Peter Lindsay
ECOOP
2009
Springer
14 years 8 months ago
Making Sense of Large Heaps
Abstract. It is common for large-scale Java applications to suffer memory problems, whether inefficient designs that impede scalability, or lifetime bugs such as leaks. Making sens...
Nick Mitchell, Edith Schonberg, Gary Sevitsky
ARGMAS
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Argumentation Based Resolution of Conflicts between Desires and Normative Goals
Norms represent what ought to be done, and their fulfillment can be seen as benefiting the overall system, society or organisation. However, individual agent goals (desire) may con...
Sanjay Modgil, Michael Luck
FMCAD
2000
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A Methodology for Large-Scale Hardware Verification
Abstract. We present a formal verification methodology for datapathdominated hardware. This provides a systematic but flexible framework within which to organize the activities und...
Mark Aagaard, Robert B. Jones, Thomas F. Melham, J...