While monadic second-order logic (MSO) has played a prominent role in model theoretic syntax, modal logics have been used in this context since its inception. When comparing propos...
We extend the logical model of agency known as the KGP model, to support agents with normative concepts, based on the roles an agent plays and the obligations and prohibitions tha...
—Cohesion was first introduced as a software attribute that, when measured, could be used to predict properties of implementations that would be created from a given design. Unfo...
— Tampering of a database can be detected through the use of cryptographically-strong hash functions. Subsequently-applied forensic analysis algorithms can help determine when, w...
We investigate the problem of detecting termination of a distributed computation in systems where processes can fail by crashing. Specifically, when the communication topology is ...
Neeraj Mittal, Felix C. Freiling, Subbarayan Venka...