The branch of semiotics called semantics deals with the relation between meanings and representations, widely known as the symbol grounding problem. The other branches of semiotic...
It is a well-known result of Fagin that the complexity class NP coincides with the class of problems expressible in existential second-order logic ( 1 1), which allows sentences c...
stractions underlying distributed computing. We attempted to keep our preaims at an abstract and general level. In this column, we make those claims more concrete. More precisely, ...
ir increasing use of abstraction, modularity, delayed binding, polymorphism, and source reuse, especially when these attributes are used in combination. Modern processor architectu...
Hemant G. Rotithor, Kevin W. Harris, Mark W. Davis
ion suffices ("decide which type you want and provide a full set of operations for each type"). If the application domain is, say, the administration of a university, the...