Abstract. It is now recognized that the Consensus problem is a fundamental problem when one has to design and implement reliable asynchronous distributed systems. This chapter is o...
Rachid Guerraoui, Michel Hurfin, Achour Most&eacut...
We present a calculus which can transfer specifications to objects for the development of real-time systems. The object model is based on a practical OO development technique--HRT...
Zhiqiang Chen, Antonio Cau, Hussein Zedan, Xiaodon...
We review the use of nondeterminism and identify two different purposes. The descriptive purpose handles uncertainties in the behaviour of existing entities. The constraining purp...
The authors have proposed using category-theoretic sketches to enhance database design and integration methodologies. The algebraic context is called the Sketch Data Model (SkDM) a...
In various circumstances, it is possible to arrive at the need to specify sequences of operations that a "machine" has to perform to achieve a purpose. This paper will p...