Semantic composability aims to ensure that the composition of simulation components is meaningful in terms of their expressed behavior, and achieves the desired objective of the n...
Abstract--Safety analysis in Systems Engineering (SE) processes, as usually implemented, rarely relies on formal methods such as model checking since such techniques, however power...
Autonomic computer systems aim to reduce the configuration, operational, and maintenance costs of distributed applications by enabling them to self-manage, self-heal, self-optimiz...
Jules White, Douglas C. Schmidt, Aniruddha S. Gokh...
Approximate predicates can be used to reduce the number of comparisons made by expensive, complex predicates. For example, to check if a point is within a region (expensive predic...
Originally devoted to specific applications such as biology, medicine and demography, duration models are now widely used in economy, finance or reliability. Recent works in var...
Roland Donat, Philippe Leray, Laurent Bouillaut, P...