Abstract. Conceptual graphs (CGs) share with FOL a fundamental expressiveness limitation: only higher-order logics allow assertions of properties on predicates. This paper intends ...
A logic of conditional preferences is defined, with a language which allows the compact representation of certain kinds of conditional preference statements, a semantics and a pro...
The UML's Object Constraint Language provides the modeller of object-oriented systems with ways to express the semantics of a model in a precise and declarative manner. The co...
Refactorings are transformations that change the structure of a program, while preserving the behavior. The topic has attracted a lot of attention recently, since it is a promising...