In this paper, we aim to ascribe a meaning to SysML activity diagrams. To this end, we propose a dedicated algebraic-like language, namely activity calculus, and an operational se...
Software development is a knowledge-intensive activity and frequently implies a progressive crystallization of knowledge, towards programming language statements. Although wikis h...
Filipe Figueiredo Correia, Hugo Sereno Ferreira, N...
We present an approach to modelling Abadi–Cardelli-style object calculi as Unifying Theories of Programming (UTP) designs. Here we provide a core object calculus with an operatio...
The interpretation of medical evidence is normally presented in terms of a controlled, but diversely expressed specialist vocabulary and natural language phrases. Such informally ...
Bo Hu, Srinandan Dasmahapatra, Paul H. Lewis, Nige...
Formal specifications of protocol-oriented agent interactions have focused mainly on the semantics of the constituent agent communication language (ACL). We argue that a proper th...