Local (first order) sentences, introduced by Ressayre, enjoy very nice decidability properties, following from some stretching theorems stating some remarkable links between the ...
This is a discursive paper. That is, it shows some formulas (but only as examples so that the reader may be convinced that there is, perhaps, some substance to our claims), no theo...
We present a general theory for the use of negative premises in the rules of Transition System Specifications (TSSs). We formulate a criterion that should be satisfied by a TSS in ...
A term t is called a template of terms t1 and t2 iff t1 = t1 and t2 = t2, for some substitutions 1 and 2. A template t of t1 and t2 is called the most specific iff for any template...
Peter E. Bulychev, Egor V. Kostylev, Vladimir A. Z...
Since Findler and Felleisen [2002] introduced higher-order contracts, many variants have been proposed. Broadly, these fall into two groups: some follow Findler and Felleisen in u...
Benjamin C. Pierce, Michael Greenberg, Stephanie W...