Discrete-event (DE) models are formal system specifications that have analyzable deterministic behaviors. Using a global, consistent notion of time, DE components communicate via...
Dual Consistency (DC) is a property of Constraint Networks (CNs) which is equivalent, in its unrestricted form, to Path Consistency (PC). The principle is to perform successive sin...
Today’s signature-based intrusion detection systems are reactive in nature and storage-limited. Their operation depends upon catching an instance of an intrusion or virus and en...
Charles R. Haag, Gary B. Lamont, Paul D. Williams,...
Combining third party software components to customer-individual application systems requires first, standardized specification techniques for describing the technical as well as ...
Needs in the worldwide competition push teams to master more and more their design flow in order to minimize risks, costs, time to market, and potential liabilities. The classical...