ion: Does system S satisfy property f ? abstract interpretationinterpretation “preservation” f ⇐ f

Sentences with “more” can be used to compare along many different dimensions (e.g., number, height, etc.). Barner, Wagner, and Snedeker (2008) found that participants strongly preferred number as the relevant dimension for comparatives with deverbal nominals like “more jumping,” even when height was an available choice. Would this preference manifest as a choice of number over height pitting th...

Verifying Security Properties in Electronic Voting Machines

Experimental studies on different languages have shown that neurogenetic disorders connected with Parkinson’s disease (PD) determine a series of variations in the speech rhythm. This study aims at verifying whether the speech of PD patients presents rhythmic abnormalities compared to healthy speakers also in Italian. The read speech of 15 healthy speakers and of 11 patients with mild PD was seg...

We consider systems composed of a base system with multiple “features” or “controllers”, each of which independently advise the system on how to react to input events so as to conform to their individual specifications. We propose a methodology for developing such systems in a way that guarantees the “maximal” use of each feature. The methodology is based on the notion of “conflict-tolerant” fe...

Real life law cases can be analyzed and modeled, but the reverse direction is possible, too: Creating artificial cases based on an ontology. Combined with adaptivity, such cases can be used in E-Learning as exercises for learners. This paper presents an approach for generating cases based on assembling text fragments combined with an ontology for verifying whether these fragments are compatible...

The current workflow management systems do not take into consideration the mutual dependency between temporal constraints, which is affecting the effectiveness and efficiency of the temporal verification. In this paper, we investigate this dependency and its effects on the verification of temporal constraints. Furthermore, based on these analyses on the temporal dependency, we develop some new ...

This paper reports on recent work in verifying railway systems through CSP||B modelling and analysis. Our motivation is to develop a modelling and verification approach accessible to railway engineers: it is vital that they can validate the models and verification conditions, and — in the case of design errors — obtain comprehendable feedback. In this paper we run through a full production cycl...