We explore various definitions and characteristics of emergence, how we might recognise and measure emergence, and how we might engineer emergent systems. We discuss the TUNA (...
There is great interest in the application of nanotechnology to medicine, but concerns for safety are paramount. We present a modelling technique based on CSP and B as a starting ...
Steve Schneider, Helen Treharne, Ana Cavalcanti, J...
This paper formalizes the notion of a design model structurally conforming to a design pattern by representing the model as a logic program whilst the pattern as a query. The conf...
Abstract— Our approach to the model-driven collaborative design of workflows for bioinformatic applications uses the jABC [6] for model driven mediation and choreography to comp...
Tiziana Margaria, Christian Kubczak, Marc Njoku, B...
Being a successful technique in software practice, Object Orientation (OO) is a hot topic in academic research fields. Among many formalisms, rCOS, a refinement calculus of obje...
Liang Zhao, Xiangpeng Zhao, Quan Long, Zongyan Qiu