Two operations commute if executing them serially in either order results in the same change of state. In a system in which commands may be issued simultaneously by different use...
Greg Dennis, Robert Seater, Derek Rayside, Daniel ...
Integrating several legacy software systems together is commonly performed with multiple applications of the Adapter Design Pattern in oo languages such as Java. The integration i...
Many recent research projects focus on language support for behavioral software contracts, that is, assertions that govern the boundaries between software building blocks such as ...
This paper proposes a new approach for modelling, testing and prototyping pervasive, possibly mobile, and distributed applications. It describes a set of tools aimed at supporting...
We describe the informatics requirements of translational biomedical research projects and how e-Science tools can be used to address them. We use pattern templates to describe the...