This paper discusses the adaptation of the PVS theorem prover for performing analysis of real-time systems written in the ASTRAL formal specification language. A number of issues w...
Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen, is often encountered in chronic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pneumonia, as well as a...
We consider the following problem: For a system consisting of two components, the behavior of one component is known as well as the desired global behavior. What should be the beha...
Abstract. In this paper, the authors introduce an extension of UML for the purpose of hybrid systems modeling. The construction uses the profile mechanism of UML 2.0 which is the ...
In this paper, we show how to establish correctness and time bounds (e.g., quality of service guarantees) for multi-agent systems composed of communicating rule-based agents. The f...