Existing approaches to knowledge representation and reasoning in the context of open systems either deal with "objective" knowledge or with beliefs. In contrast, there ha...
Building service-based architectures has become a major area of interest since the advent of Web services. Modelling these architectures is a central activity. Model-driven archite...
In constraint logic programming, proof procedures for Horn clauses are enhanced with an interface to efficient constraint solvers. In this paper we show how to incorporate constra...
Natural Deduction style presentations of program logics are useful in view of the implementation of such logics in interactive proof development environments, based on type theory,...
This paper explores an ongoing conflict concerning the nature of software design. This conflict manifests itself as antagonism between managers and developers, debates about agile ...