High-level stochastic description methods such as stochastic Petri nets, stochastic UML statecharts etc., together with specifications of performance variables (PVs), enable a co...
Abstract. We describe how CSP-OZ, an integrated formal method combining the process algebra CSP with the specification language Object-Z, can be linked to standard software engine...
The lack of a precise semantics for UML activity diagrams makes the reasoning on models constructed using such diagrams infeasible. However, such diagrams are widely used in domai...
Policies are convenient means to modify system behaviour at run-time. Nowadays, policies are created in great numbers by different actors, ranging from system administrators to lay...
Maurice H. ter Beek, Stefania Gnesi, Carlo Montang...
Abstract: The need of communication protocols in today’s environment increases as much as the network explores. Many new kinds of protocols, e.g. for information sharing, securit...