Long gone are the days when program veri? cation was a task carried out merely by hand
with paper and pen. For one, we are increasingly interested in proving actual program …

This paper presents a novel discriminative learning method, called manifold discriminant
analysis (MDA), to solve the problem of image set classification. By modeling each image …

When you think about how far and fast computer science has progressed in recent years, it's
not hard to conclude that a seven-year old handbook may fall a little short of the kind of …

The B-Method is a state-based formal method that describes system behaviour in terms of
MACHINES whose state changes under OPERATIONS. The process algebra CSP is an …

Eddies provide a systematic, large-scale transfer of tracers and nutrients along isopycnals
through a combination of eddy-induced diffusion and advection. The nutrient distribution is …

An oceanic general circulation model, previously used to simulate the conditions associated
with the Holocene Sapropel S1, is used to simulate the effects of a climate deterioration …

Refinement is reviewed, highlighting in particular the distinction between its use as a
specification constructor at a high level, and its use as an implementation mechanism at a …

Safety is a system property and software, of itself, cannot be safe or unsafe. However
software has a major influence on safety in many modern systems, eg aircraft and engine …

In conventional model-oriented formal refinement, the abstract model is supposed to capture
all the properties of interest in the system, in an as-clutter-free-as-possible manner …

Abstract The Mondex Electronic Purse system [18] is an outstanding example of formal
refinement techniques applied to a genuine industrial scale application, and notably, was …