This paper proposes a state encoding method for asynchronous circuits based on the theory of regions. A region in a Transition System is a set of states that "behave uniforml...
Jordi Cortadella, Michael Kishinevsky, Alex Kondra...
We define TTD-MDPs, a novel class of Markov decision processes where the traditional goal of an agent is changed from finding an optimal trajectory through a state space to realiz...
David L. Roberts, Mark J. Nelson, Charles Lee Isbe...
An information system maintains a representation of the state of the domain in its Information Base (IB). The state of the IB changes due to the execution of the operations defined...
We give examples of situations where formal specifications of procedures in the standard pre/postcondition style become lengthy, cumbersome and difficult to change, a problem whic...
Alexander Borgida, John Mylopoulos, Raymond Reiter
I argue that an action-based model of belief update is largely compatible with the proposals advanced in the literature on formal approaches to discourse interpretation, especiall...