Empirical studies are crucial to gain evidence on the effects of software engineering methods and tools in defined contexts. However, empirical studies can be costly and thus need...
Benchmarks have historically played a key role in guiding the progress of computer science systems research and development, but have traditionally neglected the areas of availabi...
In this paper, we introduce a component-based design methodology and present a practical analysis approach that makes use of the modular nature of component-based designs to allev...
Abstract. The agent-oriented software engineering methodology Tropos offers a structured development process and supporting tools for developing complex, distributed systems. The ...
Mirko Morandini, Duy Cu Nguyen, Anna Perini, Alber...
In this paper we illustrate the use of formal methods in the development of a benchmark application we call the Village Telephone System which is characteristic of a class of netwo...
Karthikeyan Bhargavan, Carl A. Gunter, Elsa L. Gun...