The B+ tree is an ordered tree structure with a fringe list. It is the most widely used data structure for data organisation and searching in database systems specifically, and, p...
Abstract. Constraint Programming (CP) offers a rich modeling language of constraints embedding efficient algorithms to handle complex and heterogeneous combinatorial problems. To s...
Sophie Demassey, Gilles Pesant, Louis-Martin Rouss...
In this paper we apply the role metaphor to coordination. Roles are used in sociology as a way to structure organizations and to coordinate their behavior. In our model, the featu...
Matteo Baldoni, Guido Boella, Leendert W. N. van d...
Undefined terms involving the application of partial functions and operators are common in program specifications and in discharging proof obligations that arise in design. One wa...
: Weak References constitute an elegant mechanism for an application to interact with its garbage collector. In most of its typical uses, weak references are used through weak tabl...