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SCCC
1998
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
Software Architectural Specification for Optimal Object Distribution
Software architectural design is essential for complex distributed applications. Architectural specifications need to define the key aspects of the application, including its inte...
M. Cecilia Bastarrica, Steven A. Demurjian, Alexan...
ICSE
1993
IEEE-ACM
15 years 8 months ago
"...And Nothing Else Changes": The Frame Problem in Procedure Specifications
We give examples of situations where formal specifications of procedures in the standard pre/postcondition style become lengthy, cumbersome and difficult to change, a problem whic...
Alexander Borgida, John Mylopoulos, Raymond Reiter
DAGSTUHL
2004
15 years 5 months ago
Testing with Functions as Specifications
Although computer systems penetrate all facets of society, the software running those systems may contain many errors. Producing high quality software appears to be difficult and v...
Pieter W. M. Koopman
TCS
2002
15 years 3 months ago
Logical systems for structured specifications
We study proof systems for reasoning about logical consequences and refinement of structured specifications, based on similar systems proposed earlier in the literature [ST 88, Wi...
Tomasz Borzyszkowski
AIL
2008
103views more  AIL 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
A dialogical theory of presumption
The notions of burden of proof and presumption are central to law, but as noted in McCormick on Evidence, they are also the slipperiest of any of the family of legal terms employe...
Douglas Walton