This paper gives a mathematical specification the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) bytecode verifier. The specification is an axiomatic description of the verifier that makes precise su...
Predicate dispatching generalizes previous method dispatch mechanisms by permitting arbitrary predicates to control method applicability and by using logical implication between pr...
Data warehouses are complex systems that have to deliver highly-aggregated, high quality data from heterogeneous sources to decision makers. Due to the dynamic change in the requir...
Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Christoph Quix, Matthias Jark...
We study the dynamics of information change, using modal logic as a vehicle. Our semantic perspective is that of a supermodel in which a state represents some agent's informa...
We are developing an Intelligent Network News Reader which extracts news articles for users. In contrast to ordinary information retrieval and abstract generation, this method uti...