We study a metamodel for the Entity Relationship (ER) and the Relational data model. We do this by describing the syntax of the ER data model by introducing classes for ER schemata...
Abstract. In this paper we describe a novel concept for reliability analysis of communication architectures in safety-critical systems. This concept has been motivated by applicati...
Getting the right software requirements under the right environment assumptions is a critical precondition for developing the right software. This task is intrinsically difficult....
We define a new fixpoint modal logic, the visibly pushdown ?-calculus (VP-?), as an extension of the modal ?-calculus. The models of this logic are execution trees of structured p...
Application integration is a major trend in information technology today. In this paper we present a number of principles for the design, validation and presentation of process mod...