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ICALP
2007
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Model Theory Makes Formulas Large
Gaifman’s locality theorem states that every first-order sentence is equivalent to a local sentence. We show that there is no elementary bound on the length of the local sentenc...
Anuj Dawar, Martin Grohe, Stephan Kreutzer, Nicole...
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EMSOFT
2001
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Interface Theories for Component-Based Design
Abstract. We classify component-based models of computation into component models and interface models. A component model speci es for each component how the component behaves in a...
Luca de Alfaro, Thomas A. Henzinger
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ACL
1997
15 years 6 months ago
A Theory of Parallelism and the Case of VP Ellipsis
We provide a general account of parallelism in discourse, and apply it to the special case of resolving possible readings for instances of VP ellipsis. We show how several problem...
Jerry R. Hobbs, Andrew Kehler
BMCBI
2007
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15 years 5 months ago
Bounds on the distribution of the number of gaps when circles and lines are covered by fragments: Theory and practical applicati
Background: The question of how a circle or line segment becomes covered when random arcs are marked off has arisen repeatedly in bioinformatics. The number of uncovered gaps is o...
John Moriarty, Julian R. Marchesi, Anthony Metcalf...
ECCC
2008
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15 years 5 months ago
Universal Semantic Communication II: A Theory of Goal-Oriented Communication
We continue the investigation of the task of meaningful communication among intelligent entities (players, agents) without any prior common language. Our generic thesis is that su...
Brendan Juba, Madhu Sudan