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ICRA
1999
IEEE
109views Robotics» more  ICRA 1999»
13 years 9 months ago
Self-Reconfiguration Planning with Compressible Unit Modules
We discuss a robotic system composed of Crystalline modules. Crystaline modules can aggregate together to form distributed robot systems. Crystalline modules can move relative to ...
Daniela Rus, Marsette Vona
POPL
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Modular set-based analysis from contracts
In PLT Scheme, programs consist of modules with contracts. The latter describe the inputs and outputs of functions and objects via predicates. A run-time system enforces these pre...
Philippe Meunier, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthias F...
ECBS
2002
IEEE
118views Hardware» more  ECBS 2002»
13 years 10 months ago
On the Relation between Design Contracts and Errors: A Software Development Strategy
When designing a software module or system, a systems engineer must consider and differentiate between how the system responds to external and internal errors. External errors can...
Eivind J. Nordby, Martin Blom, Anna Brunstrom
IASTEDSEA
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Insecurity by contract
Design by Contract is a design methodology that promotes software reliability and reusability by requiring each component module to have a well-specified interface and leaves a mo...
Phillip L. Nico, Clark Savage Turner, Kimberly Kno...
ICC
2000
IEEE
147views Communications» more  ICC 2000»
13 years 9 months ago
Average Power Reduction Techniques for Multiple-Subcarrier Intensity-Modulated Optical Signals
Abstract—We describe two classes of simple, effective techniques for reducing the average optical power requirement in intensity-modulated optical systems using multiple BPSK or ...
Roy You, Joseph M. Kahn