webπ is a recent process calculus introduced to formally specify Web Services composition. It extends the π-calculus with timed workunits, namely an asynchronous and temporized m...
As application semantics becomes more complex and dynamic in IT systems, it is necessary to engineer the application semantics in its own lifecycle of development parallel to syste...
Dynamic linking is a requirement for portable executable content. Executable content cannot know, ahead of time, where it is going to be executed, nor know the proper operating sy...
We introduce a temporal logic for the speci cation of real-time systems. Our logic, TPTL, employs a novel quanti er construct for referencing time: the freeze quanti er binds a var...
This paper provides an answer-oriented multidimensional analysis environment. The approach is based on a conceptual point of view. We define a conceptual model that represents data...