Abstract. This paper introduces the ISpec approach to interface specification. ISpec supports the development of interface specifications at various levels of formality and detail ...
In this paper, we propose a knowledge discovery-based approach to ontology concept design. In our approach, concept design is a stepwise activity which exploits ontology matching ...
In this paper we describe an application of the theory of graph transformations to the practise of language design. In particular, we have defined the static and dynamic semantics ...
Autonomic Computing is a promising new concept in system development. It aims to (i) increase reliability by designing systems to be self-protecting and self-healing; and (ii) inc...
A generic graphical query language for ODMG-compliant object databases is proposed, based on the ideas of Query-By-Example, and using UML-like diagrams as schema notation. Ease of ...