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Tools and Software at the Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022 and 2023)

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103258

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Preface for “Quantum Programming for Software Engineering (QP4SE)”

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103257

Fabiano Pecorelli (Guest Editor), Vita Santa Barletta (Guest Editor), Manuel A. Serrano (Guest Editor)

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Preface for the special issue on selected software artifacts from DisCoTec 2023 – the 18th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103255

Roberto Casadei , Vinicius Vielmo Cogo , Tom van Dijk , Alceste Scalas

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System-level simulation-based verification of Autonomous Driving Systems with the VIVAS framework and CARLA simulator

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103253

Srajan Goyal , Alberto Griggio , Stefano Tonetta

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Modelling and verifying BDI agents under uncertainty

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103254

Blair Archibald , Michele Sevegnani , Mengwei Xu

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The SGSM framework: Enabling the specification and monitor synthesis of safe driving properties through scene graphs

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103252

Trey Woodlief, Felipe Toledo, Sebastian Elbaum, Matthew B. Dwyer

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Preface: Fundamentals of Software Engineering (extended versions of selected papers of FSEN 2023)

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103244

Hossein Hojjat , Erika Ábrahám

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Assessing the coverage of W-based conformance testing methods over code faults 评估基于 W 的一致性测试方法对代码故障的覆盖率

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103234

Khaled El-Fakih , Faiz Hassan , Ayman Alzaatreh , Nina Yevtushenko

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Analysis and formal specification of OpenJDK's BitSet: Proof files OpenJDK BitSet 的分析和形式规范：证明文件

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103232

Andy S. Tatman , Hans-Dieter A. Hiep , Stijn de Gouw

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Parametric ontologies in formal software engineering 正规软件工程中的参数本体论

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Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2024.103231

Achim D. Brucker , Idir Ait-Sadoune , Nicolas Méric , Burkhart Wolff

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