We formally characterize alternating fixed points of boolean equation systems as models of (propositional) normal logic programs. To this end, we introduce the notion of a preferr...
K. Narayan Kumar, C. R. Ramakrishnan, Scott A. Smo...
UML is posited as the "swiss army knife" for systems modelling and design activities. It embodies a number of modelling formalisms that have broad applicability in captu...
Nick Russell, Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Arthur H. M...
We present a formal, mathematical model of argument structure and evaluation, taking seriously the procedural and dialogical aspects of argumentation. The model applies proof stan...
Man-made environments are abundant with planar surfaces which have attractive properties and are a prerequisite for a variety of vision tasks. This paper presents an incremental m...
Johann Prankl, Michael Zillich, Bastian Leibe, Mar...
Modern multiuser software systems have adopted RoleBased Access Control (RBAC) for authorization management. This paper presents a formal model for RBAC policy validation and a st...
Marco Pistoia, Stephen J. Fink, Robert J. Flynn, E...