Phenomenology is a recommended methodology when the study goals are to understand the meanings of human experiences or to explore concepts from new and fresh perspectives. However, existing methodology guidance is often conceptual and abstract. Few procedural instructions exist regarding data coding and interpretation. In this paper, the author reports on his experiences with phenomenology in t...

this study seeks to describe and discuss a hemistich, namely ‘‘yours the earth, mine the vulture’s feather’’, of the story of rostam and sohrab in ferdowsi's shahnameh. many commentators and interpreters of the shahnameh have different opinions on the concept and meaning of this hemistich. this has led the researchers to seek the reason of such differences, clues for the provided meanings,...

The traditional abstract domain framework for imperative programs suffers from several shortcomings; in particular it does not allow precise symbolic abstractions. To solve these problems, we propose a new abstract interpretation framework, based on symbolic expressions used both as an abstraction of the program, and as the input analyzed by abstract domains. We demonstrate new applications of ...

Workflow management systems usually interpret a workflow definition rigidly, allowing no deviations during execution. However, there are real life situations where users should be allowed to deviate from the prescribed static workflow definition for various reasons, including lack of information about parameter values and unavailability of the required resources. To flexibilize workflow executi...