In this paper, we describe the program structure tree (PST), a hierarchical representation of program structure based on single entry single exit (SESE) regions of the control flo...
Abstract. We explore the expressive power of the formalism called Natural Operational Semantics, NOS, introduced by Burstall and Honsell for defining the operational semantics of ...
Method inheritance and data abstraction are central features of objectoriented programming that are attained through a hierarchical organization of classes. Recent studies have sh...
Abstract. The question of equivalence has long vexed research in concurrency, leading to many different denotational- and bisimulation-based approaches; a breakthrough occurred wit...
Yuxin Deng, Rob J. van Glabbeek, Carroll Morgan, C...
This paper proposes a formal verification methodology which is smoothly integrated with component-based system-level design, using a divide and conquer approach. The methodology a...