of abstract interpretations in formal methods It is always very satisfying to hear about a theory, in the case at hand it is the theory of abstract interpretations, that explains i...
Liveness temporal properties state that something “good” eventually happens, e.g., every request is eventually granted. In Linear Temporal Logic (LTL), there is no a priori bo...
A high-level security policy states an overall safety requirement for a sensitive task. One example of a high-level security policy is a separation of duty policy, which requires ...
In measuring the overall security of a network, a crucial issue is to correctly compose the measure of individual components. Incorrect compositions may lead to misleading results...
Scenario languages based on Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) have been widely studied in the last decade [21,20,3,15,12,19,14]. The high expressive power of MSCs renders many basic ...