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Role of Pattern Recognition in Computer Games - Kaukoranta, Smed, Hakonen (2003)   (Correct)
We discuss pattern recognition in the context of computer game. The purpose of pattern recognition is to extract relevant information from the game world. This high level information is needed by a de... /

An Algebraic Approach to Data Languages and Timed Languages - Bouyer, Petit, Thérien (2003)   (Correct)
Algebra offers an elegant and powerful approach to understand regular languages and finite automata. Such framework has been notoriously lacking for timed languages and timed automata. We introduce th... /

A Static Analyzer for Large Safety-Critical Software - Blanchet, Cousot, Cousot, Feret.. (2003)   (Correct)
We show that abstract interpretation-based static program analysis can be made e#cient and precise enough to formally verify a class of properties for a family of large programs with few or no false a... /

FreshML: Programming with Binders Made Simple - Shinwell, Pitts, Gabbay (2003)   (Correct)
FreshML extends ML with elegant and practical constructs for declaring and manipulating syntactical data involving binding operations. User-declared FreshML datatypes involving binders are concrete, i... / of expressions in formal languages. A specification of an br spoils this rosy picture. Formal languages very often involve binding

Nonmonotonic Probabilistic Logics between Model-Theoretic.. - Lukasiewicz (2002)   (Correct)
Recently, it has been shown that probabilistic entailment under coherence is weaker than model-theoretic probabilistic entailment. Moreover, probabilistic entailment under coherence is a generalizat... /

Infinite RAAM: Initial Explorations into a Fractal Basis for Cognition - Levy (2002)   (Correct)
A dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts by Simon D. Levy This thesis attempts to provide an answer to the... /

Probabilistic Logic under Coherence, Model-Theoretic Probabilistic.. - Biazzo, al. (2002)   (Correct)
We study probabilistic logic under the viewpoint of the coherence principle of de Finetti. In detail, we explore how probabilistic reasoning under coherence is related to model-theoretic probabilistic... / There is a wide spectrum of formal languages that have been explored in br In particular we define a formal language of logical and conditional

A Brief Survey of Software Architecture - Land (2002)   (Correct)
Software of today is becoming larger and more complex. More powerful ways of structuring complexity are consequently required, whether it is about development methodologies, structural programming, na... / and there are a number of formal languages for description of a system's br to describe architectures in a formal language. A number of architectural

Probabilistic Logic under Coherence, Model-Theoretic Probabilistic.. - Biazzo, al. (2002)   (Correct)
We study probabilistic logic under the viewpoint of the coherence principle of de Finetti. unknown I N F S Y S R E S E A R C H E P O R T Institut f ur Informationssysteme Abtg. Wissensbasierte Syst... / There is a wide spectrum of formal languages that have been explored in br In particular we define a formal language of logical and conditional

CPS Translating Inductive and Coinductive Types (Extended Abstract) - Barthe, Uustalu (2002)   (Correct)
Gilles Barthe INRIA Sophia-Antipolis 2004 route des Lucioles, BP 93 F-06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France Gilles.Barthe@inria.fr Tarmo Uustalu  Dep. de Inform atica, Universidade do Minho Ca... / Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical Logic Lambda

Elemental Design Patterns - A Link Between Architecture and Object.. - Smith, Stotts (2002)   (Correct)
Design patterns are an important concept in the field of software engineering, providing a language and application independent method for expressing and conveying lessons learned by experienced desig... /

The Evolution of Stochastic Regular Motifs for Protein Sequences - Ross (2002)   (Correct)
Stochastic regular motifs are evolved for protein sequences using genetic programming. The motif language, SRE-DNA, is a stochastic regular expression language suitable for denoting biosequences. Thre... /

On Bounded Specifications - Kupferman, Vardi (2002)   (Correct)
Bounded model checking methodologies check the correctness of a system with respect to a given specification by examining computations of a bounded length. Results from set-theoretic topology imply ... /

Coming and going from UML to B: a proposal to support traceability in .. - Laleau, Polack (2002)   (Correct)
CEDRIC-IIE is researching rigorous information system (IS) development. Previous work includes translation rules for deriving a B speci cation from object-oriented diagrams, metamodels of IS UML ... / less rigour than most mature formal languages. The use of diagrams to

A Kleene theorem for weighted tree automata - Droste, Vogler (2002)   (Correct)
In this paper we prove Kleene's result for tree series over a commutative and idempotent semiring A (which is not necessarily complete or continuous), i.e., the class of recognizable tree series over ... /

Enabling knowledge representation on the Web by extending RDF Schema - Broekstra, Klein, Decker, Fensel.. (2002)   (Correct)
Recently, a widespread interest has emerged in using ontologies on the Web. RDF Schema (RDFS) is a basic tool that enables users to define vocabulary, structure and constraints for expressing metadata... /

Regular Expression Types for Strings in a Text Processing Language.. - Tabuchi, Sumii, Yonezawa (2002)   (Correct)
Naoshi Tabuchi Eijiro Sumii Akinori Yonezawa ftabee,sumii,yonezawag@yl.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo... /

From Checking to Inference via Driving and Dag Grammars - Secher, Sørensen (2002)   (Correct)
Abramov and Gluck have recently introduced a technique called URA for inverting first order functional programs. Given some desired output value, URA computes a potentially infinite sequence of substi... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Grammars and other

An Embedded Language Framework for Hardware Compilation - Claessen, Pace (2002)   (Correct)
Various languages have been proposed to describe synchronous hardware at an abstract, yet synthesisable level. We propose a uniform framework within which such languages can be developed, and combined... /

AGATE: Unifying Languages and Operating Systems - Aycock (2002)   (Correct)
AGATE is a novel operating system which unifies disparate areas such as compiler construction, operating systems, data compression, formal languages, inter-process communication, and program represent... / systems data compression formal languages inter-process br systems data compression formal languages inter-process

Communities in Graphs - Brinkmeier (2002)   (Correct)
Many applications, like the retrieval of information from the WWW, require or are improved by the detection of sets of closely related vertices in graphs. Depending on the application, many approaches... /

Multiple Instances and Symbolic Variables in Executable Sequence.. - Marelly, Harel, Kugler (2002)   (Correct)
We extend live sequence charts (LSCs), a highly expressive variant of sequence diagrams, and provide the extension with an executable semantics. The extension involves support for instances that can b... /

DNA complementarity and paradigms of computing - Salomaa (2002)   (Correct)
Watson-Crick complementarity is one of the central components of DNA computing, the other central component being the massive parallelism of DNA strands. While the parallelism drastically reduces (pro... /

Tools for Acquiring Clinical Guidelines in Asbru - Kosara, Miksch, Andreas (2002)   (Correct)
In order for clinical guidelines to be verified, they must first be acquired or at least translated into a format that can be treated formally. Most guidelines today either exist as plain text, tables... /

Extreme Programming of Multi-Agent Systems - Knublauch (2002)   (Correct)
The complexity of communication scenarios between agents make multi-agent systems di#cult to build. Most of the existing Agent-Oriented Software Engineering methodologies face this complexity by guidi... /

Towards Symbolic Analysis of Model Transformations - Varro (2002)   (Correct)
As the Unified Modeling Language is evolving into a family of languages with individually specified semantics, there is an increasing need for highly automated and provenly correct model transformat... /

Towards Formal Verification Of Model Transformations - Varro (2002)   (Correct)
As the Unified Modeling Language is evolving into a family of languages with individually specified semantics, there is an increasing need for highly automated and provenly correct model transformatio... /

An Approach to Combine Heterogeneous Specification Components - Salaün, Allemand, Attiogbé (2002)   (Correct)
grammar. Now, we precisely formalize the part concerning interconnections of modules, and we summarize in Figure 1 the different linking operators available in our approach. unknown Formal Specificati... /

Computing, 8(1):21-42, 2002. [18] Stefan Ratschan. Quantified.. - Ratschan (2002)   (Correct)
lester, and Deepak Kapur. Solving polynomial systems using a branch and prune approach. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 34(2), 1997. [9] Hoon Hong and Volker Stahl. Safe starting regions by fixed... /

An Open Visualization Framework for Metamodel-Based Modeling Languages - Domokos, Varro (2002)   (Correct)
In the paper, we propose an automated, SVG-based visualization framework for modeling languages defined by metamodeling techniques. Our framework combines XML standards with existing graph transformat... / the theory of traditional formal languages to graph-based visual

Curriculum Vitæ - Calude (2002)   (Correct)
ormation and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University at Albany, Auckland,Np Zealand, from February 1999 on. 2. Tutor, Department ofComputer Science, The University ofAuckland, Auckland,N ew Zealan... / ed.DLT' Developments of Formal Languages Fourth International

Deriving Different Computer Science Curricula - From Common Core (2002)   (Correct)
This paper addresses the construction of three different computer science curricula starting from a common core of disciplines. The curricula are named Information Systems, Computer Science and Comput... /

Termination in Language-Based Systems - Algis Rudys And (2002)   (Correct)
This article presents a concept called "soft termination" that can be applied to virtually any mobile code system. Soft termination allows mobile code threads to be safely terminated while preserving ... /

Concurrency in Computational Networks - Stuijk (2002)   (Correct)
Future generations of embedded multi-media systems will have an increasing need for compute platforms that combine high compute power with low energy consumption. To meet with these requirements, mult... /

Maximal Introspection of Agents - Bolander (2002)   (Correct)
This paper concerns the representation of introspective belief and knowledge in multi-agent systems. An introspective agent is an agent that has the ability to refer to itself and reason about its own... /

Modelling Real Estate Transactions: The Potential Role of Ontologies - Visser, Schlieder (2002)   (Correct)
Ontologies have been identified as valuable formal tools for modeling purposes. In this paper we introduce various and recent modeling methods and address their potential for modeling transactions in ... /

MIAOw: a Method to Integrate a Process Algebra with Formal Data - Salaün, Attiogbé (2002)   (Correct)
Machine Notation (AMN). Now, we discuss the computation of the evaluation function from state oriented specification techniques, and especially from B abstract machines. For this issue, we inspire our... /

FAdo: tools for finite automata and regular expressions manipulation - Reis, Moreira (2002)   (Correct)
FAdo is an ongoing project which goal is the development of a Python environment for manipulation of finite automata and regular expressions. Currently it provides most standard automata operations in... /

Integration of Formal Datatypes within State - Attiogbé, Poizat, Salaün (2002)   (Correct)
Machine Notation (AMN). Now, we discuss the computation of the evaluation function from state oriented specification techniques, and especially from B abstract machines. For this issue, we inspire our... /

The Software Concordance: A User Interface for Advanced Software.. - Gupta, Nguyen, Munson (2002)   (Correct)
The Software Concordance is a hypermedia software development environment exploring how document technology and versioned hypermedia can improve software document management. The Software Concordance'... /

Playing with Time: On the Specification and Execution of.. - Harel, Marelly (2002)   (Correct)
We extend live sequence charts (LSCs), a highly expressive variant of sequence diagrams, with timing constructs, thus making the language suitable for specifying the behavioral requirements of time-... /

Specifying and Executing Behavioral Requirements: The.. - Harel, Marelly (2002)   (Correct)
A powerful methodology for scenario-based specification of reactive systems is described, in which the behavior is "played in" directly from the system's GUI or some abstract version thereof, and can ... /

Open Mind Common Sense: Knowledge Acquisition from the General Public - Singh, Lin, Mueller, Lim, Perkins.. (2002)   (Correct)
Open Mind Common Sense is a knowledge acquisition system designed to acquire commonsense knowledge from the general public over the web. We describe and evaluate our first fielded system, which enab... /

The formal method known as B and a sketch for its implementation - Kaijanaho (2002)   (Correct)
This thesis provides a reconstruction of the B-method and sketches an implementation of its tool support.For background, this work investigates the field of formal methods in general and the relevance... /

Nominal Logic, A First Order Theory of Names and Binding - Pitts (2002)   (Correct)
This paper formalises within rst-order logic some common practices in computer science to do with representing and reasoning about syntactical structures involving lexically scoped binding constructs... /

Towards a Framework For Comparing Process Modelling Languages - Söderström, Andersson, Johannesson.. (2002)   (Correct)
The increasing interest in process engineering and application integration has resulted in the appearance of various new process modelling languages. Understanding and comparing such languages has ... /

PCFG Learning by Nonterminal Partition Search - Belz (2002)   (Correct)
pcfg Learning by Partition Search is a general grammatical inference method for constructing, adapting and optimising pcfgs. Given a training corpus of examples from a language, a canonical grammar ... /

XML Semantics Extension - Havasi (2002)   (Correct)
Nowadays one of the best standards for storing structured data is XML. The key idea behind our paper is based on a relationship between XML documents and attribute grammars. This parallel makes it pos... /

Automata theory for XML researchers - Neven (2002)   (Correct)
this paper is limited in two ways. It assumes that the element names of XML documents are from a finite and known set and it ignores the data values in the leaf nodes and attributes of XML documents. ... /

Self-Assembling Finite Automata - Klein, Kutrib (2002)   (Correct)
We investigate a model of self-assembling finite automata. An automaton is assembled on demand during its computation from copies out of a finite set of items. The items are pieces of a finite automat... / to the theory of automata and formal languages. Basically the idea is to

String Transformation for n-Dimensional Image Compression - Kutrib, Löwe (2002)   (Correct)
Image compression and manipulation by weighted nite automata exploit similarities in the images in order to obtain notable compression ratios and manipulation tools. The investigations are often ba... / i.e. patterns can been seen as formal languages. Choosing a reasonable br space. In order to apply formal language and automata theory methods

Learning DFA from Simple Examples - Parekh, Honavar (2001)   (Correct)
Efficient learning of DFA is a challenging research problem in grammatical inference. It is known that both exact and approximate (in the PAC sense) identifiability of DFA is hard. Pitt, in his semina... / in the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages An understanding of

Modular Composition of Redundancy Management Protocols in Distributed .. - Sinha, Suri (2001)   (Correct)
Dependable distributed system designs typically use redundant resources and redundancy management protocols to deliver reliable and timely services. For such systems, a considerable e ort gets expende... / blocks in some suitable formal languages. If someone wants to

Type-Safe Linking with Recursive DLLs and Shared Libraries - Duggan (2001)   (Correct)
type defs abstype unknown Type-Safe Linking with Recursive DLLs and Shared Libraries DOMINIC DUGGAN Stevens Institute of Technology Component-based programming is an increasingly prevalent theme in s... / D. . Programming Languages Formal Definitions and

An Evaluation of Scenario Notations for Telecommunication Systems.. - Amyot, Eberlein (2001)   (Correct)
The elicitation, modeling and analysis of requirements have consistently been one of the main challenges during the development of complex systems. Telecommunication systems belong to this category of... / and more convivial than formal languages. Their application to br entities. LOTOS is a formal language that has constructs similar

A Kleene/Büchi-like Theorem for Clock Languages - Bouyer, Petit (2001)   (Correct)
We propose in this paper a generalization of the famous Kleene/Bchi's theorem on formal languages, one of the cornerstones of theoretical computer science, to the timed model of clock languages. These... / Kleene Bchi's theorem on formal languages one of the cornerstones of br of rational expressions in formal language theory. Rational expressions

Semiring-based Constraint Logic Programming: Syntax and Semantics - Bistarelli, Montanari, Rossi (2001)   (Correct)
this paper, more simply, soft constraint problems. unknown Semiring-based Constraint Logic Programming: Syntax and Semantics STEFANO BISTARELLI and UGO MONTANARI University of Pisa, Italy and FRA... / D. . Programming languages Formal De nitions and Theory

Processor Verification Using Efficient Reductions of the Logic of.. - Bryant, German, Velev (2001)   (Correct)
this paper, we show that the characteristics of the formulas generated when modeling processor pipelines can be exploited to greatly reduce the number of propositional variables that are introduced wh... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical

The Intuitionism Behind Statecharts Steps - Lüttgen, Mendler (2001)   (Correct)
SEMANTICS We have seen in the previous section that the behavior of a parallel configuration P in all parallel contexts is captured by its set of sequence models SM (P ) or, equivalently, its behavi... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical br D. . Programming Languages Formal Definitions and

Probabilistic Logic under Coherence, Model-Theoretic Probabilistic.. - Biazzo, Giulio, Lukasiewicz.. (2001)   (Correct)
We study probabilistic logic under the viewpoint of the coherence principle of de Finetti. unknown I N F S Y S R E S E A R C H E P O R T Institut f ur Informationssysteme Abtg. Wissensbasierte Sy... / There is a wide spectrum of formal languages that have been explored in br logic. We define a formal language of logical and conditional

Logics Capturing Local Properties - Libkin (2001)   (Correct)
Well-known theorems of Hanf and Gaifman establishing locality... In this paper, we give logical characterizations of local properties behind Hanf's and Gaifman's theorems. We first deal with an infini... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical Logic

An Integrated Environment for Knowledge Acquisition - Blythe, Kim, Ramachandran, Gil (2001)   (Correct)
This paper describes an integrated acquisition interface that includes several techniques previously developed to support users in various ways as they add new knowledge to an intelligent system. As ... / Users do not know formal languages. We have developed br of what subexpressions in the formal language result in each substring of

Probabilistic Logic under Coherence: Complexity and Algorithms - Biazzo, Gilio, Lukasiewicz.. (2001)   (Correct)
We study probabilistic logic under the viewpoint of the coherence principle of de Finetti. unknown I N F S Y S R E S E A R C H E P O R T Institut f ur Informationssysteme Abtg. Wissensbasierte Sy... / There is a wide spectrum of formal languages that have been explored in br logic. In detail we define a formal language of logical and conditional

Formal Specification and Design of Mobile Systems - Gruia-Catalin Roman Christine (2001)   (Correct)
Termination detection, a classical problem in distributed computing, is revisited in the new setting provided by the emerging mobile computing technology. A simple solution tailored for use in ad hoc ... / development of specification languages formal verification contributed to

An Algebraic Characterization of Data and Timed Languages - Bouyer, Petit, Thérien (2001)   (Correct)
Algebra offers an elegant and powerful approach to understand regular languages and finite automata. Such framework has been notoriously lacking for timed languages and timed automata. We introduce th... / making a bridge between formal languages and algebra. A most famous br a and d D. In the formal language case monoid recognizability

Basic Analytic Combinatorics of Directed Lattice Paths - Banderier, Flajolet (2001)   (Correct)
This paper develops a unified enumerative and asymptotic theory of directed 2-dimensional lattice paths in half-planes and quarter-planes. The lattice paths are speci ed by a finite set of rules that ... / non-parametric tests formal language theory random generation of br on generation mechanisms and formal languages as is evidenced by the

Theories And Uses Of Context In Knowledge Representation And Reasoning - Bouquet, al. (2001)   (Correct)
This paper discusses the uses of context in knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR). We propose to partition the theories of context brought forward in KRR into two main classes, which we call ... /

Uni-transitional Watson-Crick D0L systems - Salomaa (2001)   (Correct)
The phenomenon known as Watson-Crick complementarity is basic both in the experiments and theory of DNA computing. While the massive parallelism of DNA strands makes exhaustive searches possible, comp... / and ideas to the theory of formal languages can be seen also from the br Salomaa A. eds Handbook of Formal Languages Vol. - .

The Syntax Definition Formalism SDF - Reference Manual - Heering, Hendriks, Klint, Rekers (2001)   (Correct)
SDF is a formalism for the de nition of syntax which is comparable unknown The Syntax De nition Formalism SDF |Reference Manual| J. Heering, P.R.H. Hendriks, P. Klint and J. Rekers June 14, 2001... / Snelting. The PSG system from formal language de nitions to interactive br D. . Programming Languages Formal De nitions and

A Formal Analysis of the CORBA Security Service - Basin, Rittinger, Vigano (2001)   (Correct)
We give a formal speci cation of the security service of CORBA, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture speci ed by the Object Management Group, OMG. In doing so, we tackle the problem of how on... / service's data-model using the formal language Z. Through this process we br we focus on CORBA and use the formal language Z to give a formal analysis

An Agent-based Petri Net Model with Application to Seller/Buyer.. - Xu, Shatz (2001)   (Correct)
Agents are becoming one of the most important topics in distributed and autonomous decentralized systems (ADS), and there are increasing attempts to use agent technologies to develop software systems ... / systems includes using formal languages such as Z to provide a br of agents and designing formal languages such as DESIRE for

Modular Feature Specification - Turner (2001)   (Correct)
CRESS (CHISEL Representation Employing Systematic Specification) is a notation and set of tools for graphical specification and analysis of features. It is applicable wherever a system consists of b... / translate them into various formal languages. The toolset is portable and

Constructor-based Conditional Narrowing - Antoy (2001)   (Correct)
We define a transformation from a left-linear constructor-based conditional rewrite system into an overlapping inductively sequential rewrite system. This transformation is sound and complete for the... / Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Grammars and Other

Recursion Schemes from Comonads - Uustalu, Vene, Pardo (2001)   (Correct)
Within the setting of the categorical approach to total functional programming, we introduce a \many-in-one" recursion scheme that neatly uni es a variety of seemingly diverging strengthenings of th... / Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical Logic Lambda

A Framework for Modeling Agent-Oriented Software - Xu, Shatz (2001)   (Correct)
With the increasing importance of complex software systems in the software industry, the need for using agent technologies to develop large-scale commercial and industrial software systems is growing ... / systems includes using formal languages such as Z to provide a br of agents designing formal languages such as DESIRE for

A Formal Semantics for UML Activity Diagrams - Formalising Workflow.. - Eshuis, Wieringa (2001)   (Correct)
In this report we define a formal execution semantics for UML activity diagrams that is appropriate for workflow modelling. Our workflow models express software requirements and therefore assume a p... / activity diagrams and other formal languages for workflow modelling. We

Rule-Based Refinement for Place/Transition Systems: Preserving.. - Gajewsky, Padberg, Urbasek (2001)   (Correct)
Contents: 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... / considered as a transfer of formal languages to Petri nets. Such rules are

Failure Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems with Linear-time Temporal .. - Jiang, Kumar (2001)   (Correct)
Failure diagnosis problem of discrete event systems with linear-time temporal logic speci cations is studied in this paper. Diagnosability of discrete event systems in the temporal logic setting is ... / speci cations when compared to formal language automata-based speci br diagnoser compared to that of formal language automata-based speci

Termination Proofs for Logic Programs with Tabling - Verbaeten, Sagonas, De Schreye (2001)   (Correct)
this article, we introduce two notions of universal termination of logic programming with tabling: quasi-termination and (the stronger notion of) LG-termination. We present sufficient conditions for t... / Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical

Representation Results for Defeasible Logic - Antoniou, Billington, Governatori.. (2001)   (Correct)
This paper investigates transformations and normal forms in the context of Defeasible Logic, a simple but eficient formalism for nonmonotonic reasoning based on rules and priorities. The transformatio... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Proof Theory General

Finite Automata with Generalized Acceptance Criteria - Peichl, Vollmer (2001)   (Correct)
this paper we look at the tree TM (w) of all computations that automaton M on input w can possibly perform. A node v in this tree is labelled by a configuration C of M at a certain point during its c... /

Implementing a Stochastic Process Algebra within the Möbius Modeling.. - Clark, Sanders (2001)   (Correct)
Many formalisms and solution methods exist for performance and dependability modeling. However, different formalisms have different advantages and strengths, and no one formalism is universally used. ... /

Une brève biographie scientifique de Maurice Nivat - Curien (2001)   (Correct)
until now. During the early seventies, in parallel with his scienti c work, Maurice began to devote much time and energy to building research teams, both at IRIA and at the university. IRIA (Institut... / the research on automata and formal languages on programming languages br Scienti c works. I Formal language theory. In his thesis

A Logical Characterization of Data Languages - Bouyer (2001)   (Correct)
this paper is the following theorem, which states that the property language L is equivalent to the data automata formalism. This theorem appears thus as an extension of Bchi's theorem [Bc62] in the f... / Keywords real-time systems formal languages. Introduction The br The ideal case of formal languages. In the formal languages

Profinite methods in finite semigroup theory - Almeida, Volkov (2001)   (Correct)
This paper is a survey of the authors' recent results in the theory of nite semigroups using pro nite techniques. This involves the study of free pro nite semigroups, whose structure encodes algebr... /

Some Implications of MSC, SDL and TTCN Time Extensions for.. - Hogrefe, Koch, Neukirchen (2001)   (Correct)
The purpose of this paper is to describe how computer-aided test generation methods can benefit from the time features and extensions to MSC, SDL and TTCN which are either already available or current... / time extensions to the formal languages as ITU-T recommendations. In br test sequence. Timer in Formal Languages The formal languages MSC

STCT: An Efficient Algorithm for Supervisory Control Design - Zhang, Wonham (2001)   (Correct)
This paper introduces a new synthesis approach for the supervisory control of discrete-event systems (DES). Our algorithm, named S(mart)TCT after our software package CTCT hitherto in use, is much mor... / is based on automata and formal languages in practice nite automata

An Authoring Tool for Informal and Formal Requirements Specifications - Hähnle, Johannisson, Ranta (2001)   (Correct)
We describe foundations and design principles of a tool that supports authoring of informal and formal software requirements specifications simultaneously and from a single source. The tool is an at... / The usage of formal and semi-formal languages for requirements br and complex expressions in any formal language are not easy to read even

An SPMD environment machine for functional BSP programs - Merlin, Hains (2001)   (Correct)
A functional data-parallel language called BSML has been designed for programming bulk-synchronous parallel (BSP) algorithms in so-called direct mode. Its aim is to o er predictable and scalable perfo... /

Ossa - A Conceptual Modelling System for Virtual Realities - Southey, Linders (2001)   (Correct)
As virtual reality systems achieve new heights of visual and auditory realism, the need for improving the underlying conceptual modelling facilities becomes increasingly apparent. The Ossa system pr... / allows their expression using formal languages and mathematical formulae.

Topologies for the Set of Disjunctive - Words Ludwig Staiger (2001)   (Correct)
An infinite sequence (!-word) is referred to as disjunctive provided it contains every finite word as infix (factor). As Jrgensen and Thierrin [JT83] observed the set of disjunctive !-words, D, has a... / of the topologies derived from formal languages cf. St Here the set br languages in Handbook of Formal Languages G. Rozenberg and A. Salomaa

A Formal Foundation of the RM-ODP Conceptual Framework - Andrey Naumenko Alain (2001)   (Correct)
This paper presents an approach for formalizing the Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP), an ISO and ITU standard for the modeling of distributed system. The goals of this formali... /

Consistency Checking of Distributed Documents - Nentwich (2001)   (Correct)
Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Problem statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... / as the UML OMG and to formal languages such as Z Spivey br diagrams and modern semi-formal languages such as the UML is primarily

Parameterized Logic Programs - Where Computing Meets (2001)   (Correct)
In this paper, we describe recent attempts to incorporate learning into logic programs as a step toward adaptive software that can learn from an environment. Although there are a variety of types of... / there exist stochastic formal languages such as hidden Markov models

Experience in Ontology Engineering for a Multi-Agents Corporate.. - Gandon (2001)   (Correct)
XML and multi-agents technologies offer a number of assets for corporate memory management. Since ontologies appear as a key asset in the new generation of information systems and also in the comm... / and translators between formal languages could ease reuse. Reused

Animation of Relations between Computational Models and Their.. - Fonseca, Silva, Ayala-Rincón, .. (2001)   (Correct)
We discuss how to increase and simplify the understanding of the equivalence relations between machine models and language representations of formal languages by means of the animation tool SAGEM... / language representations of formal languages by means of the animation br Keywords Automata theory Formal languages Visualization Algorithm

A logic of probability with decidable model-checking - Beauquier (2001)   (Correct)
A predicate logic of probability, close to logics of probability of Halpern and al., is introduced. We consider the following model-checking problem: for a formula and a nite state Markov chain to de... / properties Automata and formal languages. Introduction This

Integrating Expectations from Different Sources to Help End Users.. - Jim Blythe Information (2001)   (Correct)
Role-limiting approaches using explicit theories of problem-solving have been successful for acquiring knowledge from domain experts 1 .Howevermost systems using this approach do not support acqu... / Users do not know formal languages. A structured English

Free monoid completeness of the Lambek calculus allowing empty.. - Pentus (2001)   (Correct)
We prove that the Lambek syntactic calculus allowing empty premises is complete with respect to the class of all free monoid models (i. e., the class of all string models, allowing the empty string). / types in natural and formal languages. The intended models for

SCENTOR: Scenario-Based Testing of E-Business Applications - Wittevrongel, Maurer (2001)   (Correct)
E-business software is often developed on a tight schedule, and testing needs to keep pace. Advice from proponents of approaches like Extreme Programming is that by testing continuously, it is actuall... / Java instead of using other formal languages e.g. UML's object constraint

Providing Software Engineering Services for Virtual Software.. - Maurer, Wittevrongel (2001)   (Correct)
In this abstract, we briefly sketch the idea of providing a software engineering service on the Web instead of selling SE tools to customers. We illustrate this approach by our scenario-based testing ... / Java instead of using other formal languages e.g. UML's object constraint

SAVCBS 2001 Proceedings - Specification And Verification (2001)   (Correct)
Our goal is to investigate specification-based approaches to testing OO components. That is, given a class C and its specification, how do we test C to see if it meets its specification ? Two importan... / software D. . Programming Languages Formal Definitions and Theory br the nature of programming languages formal techniques for static

A Specification Methodology by a Collection of Compact Properties as.. - Shimizu, Dill, Chou (2001)   (Correct)
In practice, formal speci cations are often considered too costly for the bene ts they promise. Speci cally, interface speci cations such as standard bus protocol descriptions are still documented... / in natural languages and not formal languages forfeiting an opportunity

Logic Programming Revisited: Logic Programs as Inductive Definitions - Denecker, Bruynooghe, Marek (2001)   (Correct)
This paper investigates the problem and proposes an alternative epistemological foundation for the canonical model approach, which is not based on common sense but on a solid mathematical information ... /

Using Software Metrics and Evolutionary Decision Trees for - Software Quality Control (2001)   (Correct)
Reliability is one of the most important aspects of software systems of any kind (embedded systems, information systems, intelligent systems, etc.) The size and complexity of software is growing dra... /

Origins of The IEEE Standard Upper Ontology - Ian Niles Adam (2001)   (Correct)
this paper we discuss the origins of the Standard Upper ontology effort (SUO, 2001), the strategy used in created the current working draft that will likely form the basis for the standard, as well as... / they have the necessary formal languages to do so. Librarians and

Theory Of Formal Languages And Automata - Koslowski (2001)   (Correct)
CONTENTS CONTENTS Contents 0 Overview: the world of formal languages 1 0.0 From letters to language families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1 Desirable closure properties o... /

The Willow Survivability Architecture - Knight, Heimbigner, Wolf, Carzaniga, .. (2001)   (Correct)
this paper we summarize the Willow concepts and provide an overview of the Willow architecture. Finally we describe a demonstration application system that has been built on top of a prototype Willow ... /

Levels of Exploration - Diehl, Kerren (2001)   (Correct)
Visualization of computational models is at the heart of educational software for computer science and related elds. In this paper we look at how generation of such visualizations and the visualizatio... / of increased exploration in formal language theory and compiler design br computer science e.g. formal languages automata theory and formal

From Plain English To Controlled English - Moll, Schwitter (2001)   (Correct)
We outline an approach for transferring specifications and technical documents written in plain English into controlled English. In a first step, we analyse the sentences of the source documents and (... / computerprocessable like formal languages Schwitter Fuchs et al.

From RM-ODP to the formal behavior representation - Balabko, Wegmann (2001)   (Correct)
In this work we consider the behavioral aspects of system modeling. In order to specify the behavior of a system, many different notations can be used. Quite often different terms in these notations a... /

Character Recognition Using Morphological Transformations - Prejmerean, Motogna (2001)   (Correct)
Starting from a digital image representing a character (or, more general, an object), we will obtain formal descriptions of the object structures, formed from primitives and the relations between them... /

A Formal Data-Model of the CORBA Security Service - Basin, Rittinger, Viganò (2001)   (Correct)
We use the formal language Z to specify and analyze the security service of CORBA. In doing so, we tackle the problem of how one can apply lightweight formal methods to improve the precision and aid t... / ABSTRACT We use the formal language Z to specify and analyze the br Z is a formal language based on typed set theory and

Structured Documents Processing Using Lex and Yacc - Timoshkina, Bogoyavlenskiy, Penttonen (2001)   (Correct)
This report studies the applicability of the general purpose programming language compiler tools and web browsers for processing structured documents. In particular, the scanner generator lex and the ... /

The System: Integrating Object-Oriented Design and Formal Methods - Ahrendt, Baar, Beckert, Giese.. (2001)   (Correct)
This paper gives a brief description of the KeY system, a tool written as part of the ongoing KeY project 1 , which is aimed at bridging the gap between (a) OO software engineering methods and t... / of one or more complex formal languages. Typically at least a

Improving Dependability through the Application of Rigorous.. - Linguistics To Requirements (2001)   (Correct)
completely understood in our lifetimes, even by linguists. This notwithstanding, linguistics has assembled a large body of accepted belief on much of the semantic structure present in natural language... /

XML Technology - Tutorial Toms Hruska (2001)   (Correct)
This tutorial deals with the components of XML technology. It starts with the markup languages history. Next part describes the XML as the modern language. In the following parts, we will deal with th... / Formal languages Compilers nroff troff and

A Two-Variable Fragment of English - Pratt-Hartmann (2001)   (Correct)
Controlled languages are regimented fragments of natural language designed to make the processing of natural language more ecient and reliable. This paper de nes a controlled language, E2V, whose prin... / between natural and formal languages. Keywords natural br between natural and formal languages. The plan of the paper is as

Logics of Metric Spaces - Kutz, Wolter, Sturm, Suzuki.. (2001)   (Correct)
This paper investigates the expressive power and computational properties of languages designed for speaking about distances. `Distances' can be induced by difAuthors Addresses: Oliver Kutz, Frank Wol... /

Probabilistic Approaches to Syntax - Manning (2001)   (Correct)
killing interest in probabilistic methods for syntax, just as for a long time McCarthy and Hayes (1969) discouraged exploration of probabilistic methods in Articial Intelligence. Among his arguments... / understanding. Logics and formal languages have a language-like form br that Gold proved that formal languages even nite state ones are

Information Compression And Retention In Dynamical Processes - Petersen (2001)   (Correct)
We discuss some recent work on various constructions that accumulate or remove information within dynamical systems: tail fields, numeration systems and formal languages (especially of -shifts), and f... / elds numeration systems and formal languages especially of shifts br Formal-language properties of the associated

Aveiro, Portugal, July, 2001. Helping students to help themselves: - Pilot Experiment On (2001)   (Correct)
This paper describes a pilot experiment that investigated students' interaction with a system that proposes reflective activities before the learner starts to solve a problem. unknown Aveiro, Portuga... /

A Context-sensitive Graph Grammar Formalism for the Specification of.. - Zhang, Zhang, Cao (2001)   (Correct)
This paper presents a context-sensitive graph grammar called reserved graph grammar, which can explicitly and completely describe the syntax of a wide range of diagrams using labeled graphs. The par... /

Animation of the Generation and Computation of Finite Automata - Braune, Diehl, Kerren, Wilhelm (2001)   (Correct)
In computer science methods to aid learning are very important, because abstract models are used frequently. For this conventional teaching methods do not suffice. We have developed a learning softw... / Next an overview about formal languages and an introduction to

Logics for Hybrid Systems - Davoren, Nerode (2000)   (Correct)
Hybrid systems are heterogenous dynamical systems characterized by interacting continuous and discrete dynamics. Such mathematical models have proved fruitful in a great diversity of engineering appli... / temporal logic automata formal languages software verification br characterized by an automaton formal language of finite or infinite words

Probabilistic Logic Programming with Conditional Constraints - Lukasiewicz (2000)   (Correct)
We introduce a new approach to probabilistic logic programming in which probabilities are defined over a set of possible worlds. More precisely, classical program clauses are extended by a subinterv... / One important element of many formal languages for representing

Partial-Order Process Algebra (and its Relation to Petri Nets) - Baeten, Basten (2000)   (Correct)
To date, many different formalisms exist for describing and analyzing the behavior of concurrent systems. Petri nets and process algebras are two well-known classes of such formalisms. Petri-net theo... / computing science. Numerous formal languages for describing and analyzing br of expressions in such a formal language is often captured in a

Generation of LR Parsers by Partial Evaluation - Michael Sperber, Peter Thiemann (2000)   (Correct)
this paper appeared in Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Partial Evaluation and Semantics-Based Program Manipulation, 1995 under the title "The Essence of LR Parsing." Authors' addresses: Mi... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Grammars and Other br compiler front ends and other formal language processors. LR parsing is

Profinite methods in semigroup theory - Weil (2000)   (Correct)
this paper. The extended bibliography given below shows other important contributions by Azevedo, Costa, Delgado, Pin, Teixeira, Volkov, Weil and Zeitoun. unknown Profinite methods in semigroup theor... / connections with the theory of formal languages via Eilenberg's variety br due to the connections with formal language theory first established by

Logic Journal of the IGPL 8:3 - Areces, Franconi, Goré, de.. (2000)   (Correct)
Description Logics (DLs) are a family of knowledge representation formalisms mainly characterised by constructors to build complex concepts and roles from atomic ones. Expressive role constructors are... / artificial intelligence formal languages etc. Going in the br and A. Salomaa. Handbook of Formal Languages. Springer . K.

Using modal logics for the formal analysis and synthesis of hybrid.. - Davoren (2000)   (Correct)
The purpose of this paper is two-fold. We first give an overview of recent work on the formal analysis and verification of hybrid systems, which are dynamical systems with both discrete and continuo... / is no facility within their formal languages to talk about how a system br explicitly named in the formal language via labeled modal operators

Confidentiality and Integrity with Untrusted Hosts - Zdancewic, Myers (2000)   (Correct)
Several security-typed languages have recently been proposed to enforce security properties such as confidentiality or integrity by type checking. We propose a new security-typed language, Spl@, that ... /

Super Logic Programs - Brass, Przymusinski (2000)   (Correct)
this paper, we specialize it to a class of theories called "super logic programs". We argue that these programs form a natural generalization of standard logic programs. In particular, they allow disj... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical br translate this rule set into a formal language and then to analyze its

Applying experienceware to support ontology deployment - Kalfoglou, Robertson (2000)   (Correct)
Experienceware is a paradigm which emerged in the late eighties and evolved during the nineties, resulting in technologies such as experience factories and their constituent experience bases. These ar... / appropriate restricted formal languages for describing a target

A Compositional Approach to Statecharts Semantics - Lüttgen, von der Beeck, Cleaveland (2000)   (Correct)
Statecharts is a visual language for specifying reactive system behavior. The formalism extends traditional finite--state machines with notions of hierarchy and concurrency, and it is used in many pop... / D. . Pro- gramming Languages Formal Definitions and Theory

Knowledge in Multiagent Systems: Initial Configurations and Broadcast - Lomuscio, van der Meyden, Ryan (2000)   (Correct)
ing with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers, to redistribute to lists, or to use any component of this work in other works, requires prior speci c permission and/... / F. . Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical br We will deal primarily with a formal language given by the following

Real-Time Computation: A Formal Definition and its Applications - Bruda, Akl (2000)   (Correct)
There are few formal definitions of real-time problems, and the currently available definitions do not capture all the relevant aspects of such computations. We propose a new definition, and we belie... / complexity theory formal languages timed languages br systems in New Trends in Formal Languages G. Paun and A. Salomaa

The KEY Approach: Integrating Object Oriented Design and Formal.. - Ahrendt, Baar, Beckert, Giese.. (2000)   (Correct)
This paper reports on the ongoing KeY project aimed at bridging the gap between (a) OO software engineering methods and tools and (b) deductive verification. A distinctive feature of our approach is t... / of one or more complex formal languages. Typically at least a

Languages of Dot-Depth 3/2 - Glaßer, Schmitz (2000)   (Correct)
We prove an effective characterization of languages having dot-depth 3=2. To our knowledge, only the classes of levels 0, 1=2 and 1 of the dot-depth hierarchy were known to be decidable. Let B 3=2 de... / question in the Handbook of Formal Languages Pin b and in PW This br editors Handbook of formal languages volume I pages - .

Verification on Infinite Structures - Burkart, Caucal, Moller, Steffen (2000)   (Correct)
In this chapter, we present a hierarchy of infinite-state systems based on the primitive operations of sequential and parallel composition; the hierarchy includes a variety of commonly-studied classes... / for finite-state automata formal language theorists have been studying br of generators for families of formal languages. In Milner

Logics with Counting and Local Properties - Libkin (2000)   (Correct)
ing with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers, to redistribute to lists, or to use any component of this work in other works, requires prior specific permission and... / mathematical Logic And Formal Languages Mathematical Logic

Length Distributions And Regular Sequences - Bassino, Béal, Perrin (2000)   (Correct)
This paper presents a survey on length distributions of regular languages. The accent is on problems in coding theory and the relation with symbolic dynamics. Key words. Regular sequences, nite au... / of a length distribution for a formal language is a simple one it is the br information concerning a formal language since it measures in a sense

Composition and Integrity Preservation of Secure Reactive Systems - Pfitzmann, Waidner (2000)   (Correct)
We consider compositional properties of reactive systems that are secure in a cryptographic sense. We follow the well-known simulatability approach, i.e., the specification is an ideal system and a re... / cryptographic de nitions in formal languages. This is almost orthogonal br main advantage of is a formal language calculus as machine

Design Framework Of PLC-Based Control For Reconfigurable.. - Schreyer, Tseng (2000)   (Correct)
Design for reconfigurability becomes an important issue in manufacturing systems research because of the increasing needs of rapid response to the changing customer demands. The control system plays... / theory state machines formal languages and Petri nets. An excellent

The Challenge of Discovering Meta-Data - Morik, Haustein (2000)   (Correct)
Introduction Machine learning research has always been driven by scenarios. The scenarios were put together from ideas of anthropological disciplines (e.g., linguistics, cognitive and social science,... / learning capabilities to formal languages the interactions to those br while restricting them to formal languages. The recognition of

Some exact sequences for the homotopy (bi-)module of a monoid - Kobayashi, Otto (2000)   (Correct)
For nitely presented monoids the homological niteness conditions left-FP 3 , left- FP 4 , right-FP 3 and right-FP 4 , the homotopical niteness conditions of having nite derivation type FDT and of... /

Learning Elementary Formal Systems with Queries - Sakamoto, Hirata (2000)   (Correct)
An elementary formal system (EFS , for short) is a kind of logic program which directly manipulates character strings. A number of researches have investigated the ability of EFS as an uniform frame... / employed EFS for studying formal languages and later Arikawa et al. br Elementary formal systems and formal languages -Simple formal systems

Using a Coordination Language to Specify and Analyze Systems.. - Ciancarini, Franzè, Mascolo (2000)   (Correct)
Syntax. in the rule (speci ed in the where clause). The Client space terminates as soon as it receives the 10-th answer. The termination rule END checks if the Client space contains the tuple (\idle"... / WORK PoliS is not the rst formal language used to study systems br based systems. In terms of formal languages process algebras have been

Concurrent Constraint Programming: Towards Probabilistic Abstract.. - Di Pierro, Wiklicky (2000)   (Correct)
Interpretation Alessandra Di Pierro Dipartimento di Informatica Universit a di Pisa, Italy dipierro@di.unipi.it Herbert Wiklicky Department of Computing Imperial College, London, UK herbert@do... / D. . Programming Languages Formal De nitions and

Learning regular languages from simple positive examples - Denis (2000)   (Correct)
Learning from positive data constitutes an important topic in Grammatical Inference since it is believed that the acquisition of grammar by children only needs syntactically correct (i.e. positive) ... / one of the simplest class of formal languages the class REG of regular br Inductive inference of formal languages from positive data.

Constructive Genetic Algorithm for Machine-Part Cell Formation - Filho, Lorena (2000)   (Correct)
This paper presents a new evolutionary approach to the machine-part cell formation (MPCF) problem, generally considered in manufacturing cell design, where a zero-one machine-part matrix must have its... /

Articulate Software for Science and Engineering Education - Forbus (2000)   (Correct)
hx ?self ?in ?out) (thermodynamic-stuff ?in) (thermodynamic-stuff ?out) (total-fluid-flow ?in ?out) (== (mass-flow ?in) (mass-flow ?out)) (parameter (mass-flow ?self)) (parameter (Q ?self)) (parameter... / Qualitative reasoning provides formal languages for conceptual knowledge

Implementation of an Experimental System for Automatic Program.. - Futamura, Konishi, Glück (2000)   (Correct)
Generalized Partial Computation (GPC) is a program transformation method utilizing partial information about input data, abstract data types of auxiliary functions and the logical structure of a ... / work. Introduction Formal languages play a central role in all

PC grammar systems with terminal transmission - Fernau (2000)   (Correct)
We introduce a new variant of PC grammar systems, called PC grammar systems with terminal transmission, PCGSTT for short, motivated by questions concerning grammatical inference of such systems. We ... / centralized PCGSTT have nice formal language theoretic properties they br and data communication with formal language theoretic means. The aim and

Creating Semantic Representations of Diagrams - Minas (2000)   (Correct)
Diagrams that serve as a visual input facility for programming environments have to be translated into some kind of semantic description. This paper describes such a method which is based on a sp... / for visual programming are formal languages and are thus defined by

Stallings Foldings And Subgroups Of Free Groups - Kapovich, Myasnikov, Jitsukawa (2000)   (Correct)
We re-cast in a more combinatorial and computational form the topological approach of J.Stallings to the study of subgroups of free groups. 1. Introduction The subgroup structure of free groups i... / in the theory of automata and formal languages. Second we thought it

Learning the Dynamics of Embedded Clauses - Bodén, Blair (2000)   (Correct)
Recent work by Siegelmann has shown that the computational power of neural networks matches that of Turing Machines. Proofs are based on a fractal encoding of states to simulate the memory and opera... / Previous work on learning formal languages requiring stacks e.g.

Constrained Rewrite Transition Systems - Strejcek (2000)   (Correct)
We extend broadly studied rewrite transition systems with a mechanism for computing with partial information in the form similar to that one used in Concurrent Constraint Programming (CCP). Two new... / well-studied classes of formal languages and transition system br in solving problems in classic formal language theory. Definition . . A

Efficient Verification Algorithms for One-Counter Processes - Kucera (2000)   (Correct)
We study the problem of strong/weak bisimilarity between processes of one-counter automata and finite-state processes. We show that the problem of weak bisimilarity between processes of one-counter ... / have their origin in theory of formal languages HU but recently i.e.

A Unifying Semantics for Time and Events - Bennett, Galton (2000)   (Correct)
We give a formal semantics for a highly expressive language for representing temporal relationships and events. This language, which we call Versatile Event Logic (VEL), provides a general temporal ... / Representations of time within formal languages can be readily divided into

Automated Control Synthesis for an Assembly Line using Discrete Event .. - Chandra, Mohanty, Kumar (2000)   (Correct)
Modern machining and assembly facilities require a great deal of operational exibility owing to the rapidly changing manufacturing environments they exist in. Currently the task of controller design... / behavior are modeled as formal languages as well. A supervisor

A Formal View of Aspects in the Development of Component-based.. - Blair, Blair, Andersen, Jones (2000)   (Correct)
In this paper, we present an aspect-oriented specification technique that supports the specification of component-based distributed systems. Importantly, this technique also supports the synthesis of ... / solutions using appropriate formal languages. The subsequent synthesis br Blair c Different formal languages may if appropriate be

Automaticity And Rationality - Shallit (2000)   (Correct)
Automaticity is a measure of descriptional complexity for formal languages L, and measures how closely L can be approximated by regular languages. I survey some of the known results and open problems ... / descriptional complexity for formal languages L and measures how br . Introduction Let L be a formal language that is a subset of Sigma

First-order expressivity for S5-models: modal vs. two-sorted languages - Sturm, Wolter (2000)   (Correct)
this paper we are going to prove some results on the expressive power of the standard first-order modal language by comparing it with its extensional counterpart. We thereby restrict our attention to ... / a certain domain by using formal languages one often has to choose br set. Last but not least the formal language should offer a way to express

Applying Formal Methods to Industrial Cases: The Language Approach.. - Maraninchi, Rémond (2000)   (Correct)
In this paper we comment on the "language approach" to applying formal methods to real industrial problems. Our opinion is that it is always a good idea to let the user tell as much as he knows about ... / In the family of synchronous languages formal verification HLR and

A characterization of symmetric semantics by domain complementation - Giacobazzi, Mastroeni (2000)   (Correct)
We characterize the symmetric structure of Cousot's hierarchy of semantics in terms of a purely algebraic manipulation of abstract domains. We consider domain complementation in abstract interpretatio... / D. Programming languages Formal de nitions and

Characterizing and Deciding MSO-Definability of Macro Tree.. - Engelfriet, Maneth (2000)   (Correct)
A macro tree transduction is MSO definable if and only if it is of linear size increase. Furthermore, it is decidable for a macro tree transduction whether or not it is MSO definable. Classificatio... / Classification Automata and Formal Languages Introduction Macro br editors Handbook of Formal Languages. Vol. . Chap. .

Decidability Of The Isomorphism Problem For Stationary AF-Algebras.. - Bratteli, Jorgensen, Kim, Roush (2000)   (Correct)
The notion of isomorphism of stable AF-C -algebras is considered in this paper in the case when the corresponding Bratteli diagram is stationary, i.e., is associated with a single square primitiv... / systems have significance in formal languages quasi-crystals aperiodic

Use Your Logic - Areces, FRANCONI, al. (2000)   (Correct)
This paper views modal logics as languages that are especially tailored for describing relational structures. After pointing out the connections between modal logics and other elds, it describes a na... / cial intelligence GHR formal languages RS etc. Going in the br and A. Salomaa. Handbook of Formal Languages. Springer . Sch K.

Semi-qualitative reasoning about distances: a preliminary report - Sturm, Suzuki, Wolter, Zakharyaschev (2000)   (Correct)
We introduce a family of languages intended for representing knowledge and reasoning about metric (and more general distance) spaces. While the simplest language can speak only about distances between... / in the paper is to design formal languages of metric or more general

Improving the Java Memory Model Using CRF - Maessen, Arvind, Shen (2000)   (Correct)
This paper describes alternative memory semantics for Java programs using an enriched version of the Commit/Reconcile/Fence (CRF) memory model [16]. It outlines a set of reasonable practices for safe ... / D. . Programming Languages Formal Definitions and Theory

Combining Semantics with Non-Standard Interpreter Hierarchies - Abramov, Glück (2000)   (Correct)
This paper reports on results concerning the combination of non-standard semantics via interpreters. We define what a semantics combination means and identify under which conditions a combination ca... / we speak of languages we mean formal languages. As is customary we use the

Sets and Constraint Logic Programming - Dovier, Piazza, Pontelli, Rossi (2000)   (Correct)
this paper we present a study of the problem of handling constraints made by conjunctions of positive and negative literals based on the predicate symbols =;2; [, and jj (i.e., disjointness of two set... / Math- ematical Logic and Formal Languages Mathematical Logic Logic

Generic Adaptive Syntax-Directed Compression for Mobile Code - Stork, Haldar, Franz (2000)   (Correct)
We propose a new scheme for compressing mobile programs. Our proposal is meant as part of a larger infrastructure for code distribution and deployment. In this paper we show how to e#ectively compress... / program sources are phrases of formal languages represented as character

A Method for Incorporating Knowledge and Communication Into.. - Ricker, Rudie (2000)   (Correct)
Using a formal method for reasoning about knowledge, decentralized discrete-event control problems are described. States of the system where supervisors do not have sufficient knowledge to make the co... / is based on the theory of formal languages In this context a br author. as a generator of a formal language. Decentralized supervisors

Efficient EM Learning with Tabulation for Parameterized Logic Programs - Kameya, Sato (2000)   (Correct)
We have been developing a general symbolic-statistical modeling language [6, 19, 20] based on the logic programming framework that semantically uni es (and extends) major symbolic-statistical fram... / theory statistics and formal languages and the reader is assumed to

A Unifying Approach to HTML Wrapper Representation and Learning - Grieser, Jantke, Lange, Thomas (2000)   (Correct)
The number, the size, and the dynamics of Internet information sources bears abundant evidence of the need for automation in information extraction. This calls for representation formalisms that m... / 'Inductive inference of formal languages from positive data' br AEFSs can be used to describe formal languages and relate the resulting

A Metalanguage for Programming with Bound Names Modulo Renaming - Pitts, Gabbay (2000)   (Correct)
This paper describes work in progress on the design of an ML-style metalanguage FreshML for programming with recursively defined functions on user-defined, concrete data types whose constructors may i... / to represent the terms of formal languages. The nature of such an

A Kolmogorov Complexity-based Genetic Programming Tool for String.. - De Falco, Iazzetta, Tarantino.. (2000)   (Correct)
By following the guidelines set in one of our previous papers, in this paper we face the problem of Kolmogorov complexity estimate for binary strings by making use of a Genetic Programming approac... / strings belonging to dierent formal languages we show the eectiveness of br binary strings belonging to formal languages. Furthermore even for more

Formal Modeling of Multi-Agent Interaction in Distributed Scheduling - Neuendorf, Hannebauer (2000)   (Correct)
Applications of intelligent agents in production planning, scheduling and control are various. Though, many of these systems lack a theoretically founded speci cation or problem solving model. In our... / veri cation formal languages resp. morphisms or

Stochastically Enhanced Timed Automata - Blair, Jones, Blair (2000)   (Correct)
1. Introduction In our previous work, we have been interested in the development of methodologies and techniques for the specification and verification of distributed multimedia systems, with particu... / considering the use of timed formal languages for the specification of br may be specified in different formal languages. A detailed description of

Metric-Based Analysis of Context-Free Grammars - Power, Malloy (2000)   (Correct)
Recent advances in software engineering have produced a variety of well established approaches, formalisms and techniques to facilitate the construction of large-scale applications. Developers interes... / grammars. When describing formal languages such as programming

TIC - A Toolkit for Validation in Formal Language Learning - Dötsch, Jantke (2000)   (Correct)
Quite often, heuristics and common sense suggest directions for improving well--known learning algorithms. However it seems not an easy task to verify that the modifications are indeed helpful. Th... / -A Toolkit for Validation in Formal Language Learning Volker Dotsch br algorithms for learning formal languages. This is a well-examined and

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