Functional descriptions are a central pillar of Semantic Web services. Disregarding details on how to invoke and consume the service, they shall provide a black box description for...
One of the most important aspects of the research on agent interaction is the definition of agent communication languages (ACLs), and the specification of a proper formal semantics...
Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig, Dominique Longin, M...
Abstract. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a family of design notations that is rapidly becoming a de facto standard software design language. UML provides a variety of usefu...
Nenad Medvidovic, David S. Rosenblum, David F. Red...
Abstract. Model checking is an automated approach to the formal verification of hardware and software. To allow model checking tools to be used by the hardware or software designer...
Nina Amla, E. Allen Emerson, Robert P. Kurshan, Ke...
Model transformations support a model-driven design by providing an c translation of abstract models into more concrete ones, and eventually program code. Crucial to a successful a...
Gregor Engels, Anneke Kleppe, Arend Rensink, Maria...