Most symbolic model checkers are based on either Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs), which may grow exponentially large, or Satisfiability (SAT) solvers, whose time requirements rapi...
This paper presents a generic approach to mesh global optimization via node movement, based on a discrete graph-theoretic model. Mesh is considered as an electric system with lump...
Internet chatrooms are common means of interaction and communications, and they carry valuable information about formal or ad-hoc formation of groups with diverse objectives. This ...
Many techniques have been developed over the years to automatically find bugs in software. Often, these techniques rely on formal methods and sophisticated program analysis. Whil...
During the development of system requirements, software system specifications are often inconsistent. Inconsistencies may arise for different reasons, for example, when multiple...
Odinaldo Rodrigues, Artur S. d'Avila Garcez, Aless...