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BCSHCI
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Using formal models to design user interfaces: a case study
The use of formal models for user interface design can provide a number of benefits. It can help to ensure consistency across designs for multiple platforms, prove properties such...
Judy Bowen, Steve Reeves
ECTEL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
The Evolution of Social Ontologies
The idea of representing knowledge in formal models gets more and more popular. Since these models are understandable and thus processable by machines, the retrieval of knowledge i...
Nicolas Weber
CCS
2008
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Formal analysis of SAML 2.0 web browser single sign-on: breaking the SAML-based single sign-on for google apps
Single-Sign-On (SSO) protocols enable companies to establish a federated environment in which clients sign in the system once and yet are able to access to services offered by dif...
Alessandro Armando, Roberto Carbone, Luca Compagna...
ASM
2010
ASM
14 years 3 months ago
Starting B Specifications from Use Cases
The B method is one of the most used formal methods, when reactive systems is under question, due to good support for refinement. However, obtaining the formal model from requireme...
Thiago C. de Sousa, Aryldo G. Russo
ISORC
2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Verification of UML-Based Real-Time System Designs by Means of cTLA
The Unified Modeling Language UML is well-suited for the design of real-time systems. In particular, the design of dynamic system behaviors is supported by interaction diagrams an...
Günter Graw, Peter Herrmann, Heiko Krumm
ACSD
2001
IEEE
83views Hardware» more  ACSD 2001»
14 years 3 months ago
Overcoming Heterophobia: Modeling Concurrency in Heterogeneous Systems
We describe a framework where formal models can be rigorously defined and compared, and their interconnections can be unambiguously specified. We use trace algebra and trace struc...
Jerry R. Burch, Roberto Passerone, Alberto L. Sang...
ERSHOV
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Information-Flow Attacks Based on Limited Observations
Abstract. Two formal models for description of timing attacks are presented, studied and compared with other security concepts. The models are based on a timed process algebra and ...
Damas P. Gruska
IWPC
1996
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
A Formal Architectural Design Patterns-Based Approach to Software Understanding
Mastering the complexity of programs and systems, particularly distributed systems, should lead to signi cant improvements in program and system understanding. In this paper we pr...
Paulo S. C. Alencar, Donald D. Cowan, Thomas Kunz,...
FSTTCS
1999
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
A Foundation for Hybrid Knowledge Bases
Abstract. Hybrid knowledge bases (HKB’s) [11] were developed to provide formal models for the mediation of data and knowledge bases [14,15]. They are based on Generalized Annotat...
James J. Lu, Neil V. Murray, Erik Rosenthal
FM
1999
Springer
107views Formal Methods» more  FM 1999»
14 years 4 months ago
A Formalization of Software Architecture
Software architecture addresses the high level specification, design and analysis of software systems. Formal models can provide essential underpinning for architectural descripti...
John Herbert, Bruno Dutertre, Robert A. Riemenschn...