The semantics of class-based languages can be defined in terms of objects only [8, 7, 1] if classes are viewed as objects with a constructor method. One obtains a store in which m...
We propose a type and effect system for authentication protocols built upon a tagging scheme that formalizes the intended semantics of ciphertexts. The main result is that the val...
Abstract. Object calculi have been investigated as semantical foundation for object-oriented languages. Often, they are object-based, whereas the mainstream of object-oriented lang...
The IsaLog model and language are presented. The model has complex objects with classes, relations, and isa hierarchies. The language is strongly typed and declarative. The main i...
First-order modal logic is very much under current development, with many different semantics proposed. The use of rigid objects goes back to Saul Kripke. More recently several se...