FAD is a powerful and simple language designed for a highly parallel database machine. The basic concepts of the language are its data structures (which we call objects) and its p...
At the heart of most computer systems is a file system. The file system contains user data, executable programs, configuration and authorization information, and (usually) the bas...
Data sources on the web are often accessible through web interfaces that present them as relational tables, but require certain attributes to be mandatorily selected, e.g., via a w...
Abstract--With the availability of powerful computational and communication systems, scientists now readily access large, complicated derived datasets and build on those results to...
Leon J. Osterweil, Lori A. Clarke, Aaron M. Elliso...
1 Step-wise refinement (SWR) asserts that complex programs can be derived from simple programs by progressively adding features. The length of a program specification is the number...