Abstract. To support model-based development and analysis of embedded systems, the specification language VDM++ has been extended with asynchronous communication and improved timin...
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...
Modern artifacts are typically composed of many system components and exhibit a complex pattern of continuous/discrete behaviors. A concurrent hybrid automaton is a powerful model...
There are currently two approaches to providing Byzantine-fault-tolerant state machine replication: a replica-based approach, e.g., BFT, that uses communication between replicas t...
James A. Cowling, Daniel S. Myers, Barbara Liskov,...
Advances in computer and telecommunication technologies have made mobile computing a reality. However, greater mobility implies a more tenuous network connection and a higher rate...