As complexity of real-time embedded software grows, it is desirable to use formal verification techniques to achieve a high level of assurance. We discuss application of model-ch...
Many geographical applications deal with spatial objects that cannot be adequately described by determinate, crisp concepts because of their intrinsically indeterminate and vague ...
The memory consistency model in parallel programming controls the order in which operations performed by one thread may be observed by another. Language designers have been reluct...
This paper proposes a Compiled Labelled Deductive System, called ACCLDS, for reasoning about role-based access control in distributed systems, which builds upon Massacci’s tablea...
We introduce the notion of views as a mechanism for securing and providing access control in the context of XML. Research in XML has explored several efficient querying mechanism...