We present a sound and complete calculus for causal relevance that uses Pearl's functional causal models as semantics. The calculus consists of axioms and rules of inference ...
This paper focuses on competitive function evaluation in the context of computing with priced information. A function f is given together with a cost cx for each variable x of f. ...
Abstract. The state design pattern is the standard object-oriented programming idiom for implementing the state machine logic of interactive applications. While this pattern provid...
We propose a new model for exible composition of objects et of features. Features are similar to (abstract) subclasses, but only provide the core functionality of a (sub)class. Ove...
Inheritance is one of the key features in object-oriented design and analysis. It especially supports an incremental development by allowing to stepwise add new functionality to an...