In a distributed real-time database system (DRTDBS), a commit protocol is required to ensure transaction failure atomicity. If data conflicts occur between executing and committin...
Kam-yiu Lam, Chung-Leung Pang, Sang Hyuk Son, Jian...
Static analysis designers must carefully balance precision and efficiency. In our experience, many static analysis tools are built around an elegant, core algorithm, but that alg...
Yit Phang Khoo, Bor-Yuh Evan Chang, Jeffrey S. Fos...
We define a formal execution semantics for UML activity diagrams that is appropriate for workflow modelling. Our semantics is aimed at the requirements level by assuming that sof...
The UML lacks precise and formal foundations for several constructs such as transition guards or method bodies, for which it resorts to semantic loopholes in the form of “uninter...
Although feature modelling is a frequently used approach to the task of modelling commonality and variability within product lines, there is currently no standard modelling notati...
T. John Brown, Rachel Gawley, Ivor T. A. Spence, P...