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Matthews, Chris, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Fuzzy concepts and formal methods." Deakin University. School of Management Information Systems, 2001. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051201.154843.

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It has been recognised that formal methods are useful as a modelling tool in requirements engineering. Specification languages such as Z permit the precise and unambiguous modelling of system properties and behaviour. However some system problems, particularly those drawn from the information systems problem domain, may be difficult to model in crisp or precise terms. It may also be desirable that formal modelling should commence as early as possible, even when our understanding of parts of the problem domain is only approximate. This thesis suggests fuzzy set theory as a possible representation scheme for this imprecision or approximation. A fuzzy logic toolkit that defines the operators, measures and modifiers necessary for the manipulation of fuzzy sets and relations is developed. The toolkit contains a detailed set of laws that demonstrate the properties of the definitions when applied to partial set membership. It also provides a set of laws that establishes an isomorphism between the toolkit notation and that of conventional Z when applied to boolean sets and relations. The thesis also illustrates how the fuzzy logic toolkit can be applied in the problem domains of interest. Several examples are presented and discussed including the representation of imprecise concepts as fuzzy sets and relations, system requirements as a series of linguistically quantified propositions, the modelling of conflict and agreement in terms of fuzzy sets and the partial specification of a fuzzy expert system. The thesis concludes with a consideration of potential areas for future research arising from the work presented here.

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Ravalli, Gilbert, and gravalli@swin edu au. "Translation of on object role model schema into the formal language Z." Swinburne University of Technology, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060502.130326.

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In the development of information systems for business, structured approaches are widely used in practice. Structured approaches provide a prescription and guidelines for how to go about the process of developing an information system, are relatively easy to learn and provide tools which are well suited to their task. However, the products of structured approaches are sometimes seen to be vague and imprecise since requirements are written using natural language or represented in the form of models which do not have a formal foundation. This vagueness or ambiguity can be the source of problems later in development of the information system. A possible solution to this is to represent requirements using formal methods since these are seen as precise and unambiguous. However, formal methods are typically only a mathematical language for representing requirements. They are often regarded as difficult to learn and use. Even though formal methods of one sort or another have been in existence for many years they are not popular and appear unlikely to become popular in the future. One possible approach to providing the advantages of structured approaches and formal methods is to provide translation procedures from the products of structured approaches to a formal description in a suitable formal language. The work in this thesis follows this theme and is aimed at the creation of a translation procedure from an Object Role Model (ORM) schema to a Z specification. An object role model schema is the end product of a process called the Natural Language Information Analysis Method (NIAM) which is used to produce an information model for an information system. NIAM is a method which has been used successfully in industry since the mid 1970s and continues to be used today. This thesis provides a translation procedure from ORM to Z which is less arbitrary and more comprehensive than previous conversion procedures in the literature. It establishes a systematic method for (i) choosing suitable types and variables for a Z specification and (ii) predicates that express all the standard constraints available in ORM modelling. The style of representation in Z preserves ORM�s concepts in a way that aids traceability and validation. The natural language basis of ORM, namely the use of elementary facts, is preserved. Furthermore, an ORM schema differentiates between abstract concepts and the means by which these concepts are represented symbolically and this thesis provides a representation in Z that maintains the distinction between conceptual objects and their symbolic representation. Identification schemes of entity types are also translated into the Z specification but it is left as an option in the translation procedure. Guiding and evaluating the work conducted here are a published set of criteria for the evaluation of a conceptual schema. These have helped in making decisions regarding the translation procedure and for assessing my work and that of others.

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Stratton, David. "A program visualisation meta language." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2003. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/63588.

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The principle motivation of this work is to define an open PV architecture that will enable a variety of visualisation schemes to interoperate and that will encourage the generation of PV systems and research into their efficacy. Ultimately this may lead to more effective pedagogy in the field of computer programming and hence remove a barrier to students entering the profession.
Doctorate of Philosophy

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Shepherd, David. "Natural language program analysis combining natural language processing with program analysis to improve software maintenance tools /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 176 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1397920371&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Chou, Robert Shih-pei. "A program design language for COBOL." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13200.

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Beaumont, Helen Marie. "Investigations of learning Z with computer support." Thesis, De Montfort University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390982.

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Richardson, Joel E. "E a persistent systems implementation language /." Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin-Madison, Computer Sciences Dept, 1989. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/20839601.html.

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Gordon, Christopher Todd. "A visual language for ADA program unit specifications." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063007/.

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Martin, Walter E. "Cview, a graphical program generator for the C programming language /." Online version of thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10224.

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Leoutsarakos, Nikolaos. "A context sensitive command language /." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63274.

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Yessenov, Kuat T. "A lightweight specification language for bounded program verification." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53184.

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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2009.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64).
This thesis presents a new light-weight specification language called JForge Specification Language (JFSL) for object-oriented languages such as Java. The language is amenable to bounded verification analysis by a tool called JForge that interprets JFSL specifications, fully integrates with a mainstream development environment, and assists programmers in examining counter example traces and debugging specifications. JFSL attempts to address challenges of specification languages such as inheritance, frame conditions, dynamic dispatch, and method calls inside specifications in the context of bounded verification. A collection of verification tasks illustrates the expressiveness and conciseness of JForge specifications and demonstrates effectiveness of the bounded verification technique.
by Kuat T. Yessenov.
M.Eng.

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Gibson, Barbara Brunner. "Ada as a design specification language /." Online version of thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10215.

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Ouren, Leslie Serine. "Integrating computer software within the Houghton Mifflin Language Arts program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2918.

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This project was created for third grade teachers who use the Houghton Mifflin Language Arts series and want to integrate computer software into their writing curriculum. The website created includes all the writing assignments that the students are to complete and the required software used to complete the assignment.

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Trachsel, Anne Roberta. "L-EQUEL : an embedded query language for Franz LISP." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9884.

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Koh, Kyu Han Seals Cheryl D. "PineHill a novel approach to computer aided language learning /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1365.

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Yildiz, Faruk. "Implementation of a human avatar for the MARG project in networked virtual environments." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FYildiz.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004.
Thesis advisor(s): Xiaoping Yun. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62). Also available online.

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Calnan, Paul W. "EXTRACT, Extensible Transformation and Compiler Technology." Link to electronic thesis, 2003. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-0429103-152947.

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Pimentel, Richard. "Direct Simulation from a Model Specification Language." DigitalCommons@USU, 1986. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6985.

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The purpose of this thesis was to develop a program that would accept, as input, a finite set of algebraic equations and simple if-then conditional expressions that model a natural system, and then produce a continuous computer simulation with graphics and tabular output. The equations and conditionals can be in any order and key elements can be missing. The program can be used to run existing models or as a development tool to produce immediate prototypic computer simulations through synergistic man-machine interactions. The theoretical aspects of automatic program generation were discussed, as well as the architectural design of the system. The simulation system was used to develop a computer simulation of an exploited Northern Utah pheasant population and the results were compared to the results from an earlier FORTRAN computer simulation of the same model. It was concluded that the simulation system developed for this thesis produces verified computer simulations from mathematical models that are at least as accurate as the corresponding simulation written in FORTRAN. The system was easy to use and should be useful for unsophisticated users. Some "tuning'' of the input was needed to produce a verified simulation and it was concluded that further work was needed here.

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Miller, Ruane. "A study of PostScript as a graphics programming language /." Online version of thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11483.

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Chan, Chi-hown Johnny. "Implementation of computer simulation software in learning low-level computer language : a case study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24700770.

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Kenyon, John L. "CHIMP the C/C++ hybrid imperative meta-programmer /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2008. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1453647.

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Mosca, Peter. "A study of Ada and C in concurrent programming." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1991. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1991.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 3190. Abstract precedes thesis as [1] preliminary leaf. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 54).

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Motwani, Manjula H. "An Occam2 implementation of Prolog /." Online version of thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/12175.

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Bull, Tim. "Software maintenance by program transformation in a wide spectrum language." Thesis, Durham University, 1994. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5494/.

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This thesis addresses the software maintenance problem of extracting high-level designs from code. The investigated solution is to use a mathematically-based formal program transformation system. The resulting tool, the Maintainer's Assistant, is based on Ward's [177] WSL (wide spectrum language) and method of proving program equivalence. The problems addressed include: how to reverse engineer from code alone (the only reliable source of information about a program [158]), how to express program transformations within the system, what kinds of transformations should be incorporated, how to make the tool simple to use, how to perform abstraction and how to create a tool suitable for use with large programs. Using the Maintainer's Assistant, the program code is automatically translated into WSL and the transformations, although tested for valid applicability by the system, are interactively applied by the user. Notable features include a mathematical simplifier, a large flexible transformation catalogue and, significantly, the use of an extension of WSL, A4etaWSL, for representing the transformations. MetaWSL expands WSL by incorporating a variety of extensions, including: program editing statements, pattern matching and template filling functions, symbolic mathematics and logic functions, statements for moving within the program’s syntax tree and statements for repeating an operation at each node of the tree. Using MetaWSL, 80% of the 601 transformations can be expressed in less than 20 program statements. The Maintainer's Assistant has been used on a wide variety of examples of up to several thousand lines, including commercial software written in IBM 370 assembler. It has been possible to transform initially unstructured programs into a hierarchy of procedures, facilitating subsequent design recovery. These results show that program transformation is a viable method of renovating old (370 assembler) code in a cost elective way, and that MetaWSL provides an effective basis for clearly and concisely expressing the required transformations.

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Nagulakonda, Vikram. "Assertion seeding development of program instrumentation through iterative formal analysis /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1080.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 1999.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 80 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35).

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Tollefson, Bradley A. "The J-shell command language interpreter." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/506686.

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A command language interpreter (CLI) translates commands entered by the user into system actions. The shell is a specific type of CLI that was originally designed and used with UNIX operating systems.The author proposes to design and implement a shell-like CLI on top of the VMS operating system. The shell will enhance VMS features by providing an easier to use syntax and by providing features that are not currently available through VMS. These features include piping facilities and the ability to enter and/or reference multiple commands from a single command line. A language reference manual is provided with the J-shell. This manual explains the features and commands of the J-shell.

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Barrett, Kirk. "A program development system using an attribute grammar." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9821.

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Wright, Madeleine. "A detailed investigation of interoperability for web services." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004832.

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The thesis presents a qualitative survey of web services' interoperability, offering a snapshot of development and trends at the end of 2005. It starts by examining the beginnings of web services in earlier distributed computing and middleware technologies, determining the distance from these approaches evident in current web-services architectures. It establishes a working definition of web services, examining the protocols that now seek to define it and the extent to which they contribute to its most crucial feature, interoperability. The thesis then considers the REST approach to web services as being in a class of its own, concluding that this approach to interoperable distributed computing is not only the simplest but also the most interoperable. It looks briefly at interoperability issues raised by technologies in the wider arena of Service Oriented Architecture. The chapter on protocols is complemented by a chapter that validates the qualitative findings by examining web services in practice. These have been implemented by a variety of toolkits and on different platforms. Included in the study is a preliminary examination of JAX-WS, the replacement for JAX-RPC, which is still under development. Although the main language of implementation is Java, the study includes services in C# and PHP and one implementation of a client using a Firefox extension. The study concludes that different forms of web service may co-exist with earlier middleware technologies. While remaining aware that there are still pitfalls that might yet derail the movement towards greater interoperability, the conclusion sounds an optimistic note that recent cooperation between different vendors may yet result in a solution that achieves interoperability through core web-service standards.

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Yu, Henry 1961. "HPSIMC: AHPL SIMULATOR IMPLEMENTED IN C LANGUAGE (PARSER, SOFTWARE)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291313.

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Chow, Kent. "GPLOT : a language for plotting graphs." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66062.

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Lindstrom, Lowell Richard. "The implementation of a SIMULA compiler on the Kansas State University Perkin-Elmer computers." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9934.

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Firth, Michael Anthony. "A fold/unfold transformation system for a non-strict language." Thesis, University of York, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280416.

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Pope, Bernard James. "A declarative debugger for Haskell /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00003290.

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Vorvick, Janet. "Evaluable Functions in the Godel Programming Language: Parsing and Representing Rewrite Rules." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5195.

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The integration of a functional component into a logic language extends the expressive power of the language. One logic language which would benefit from such an extension is Godel, a prototypical language at the leading edge of the research in logic programming. We present a modification of the Godel parser which enables the parsing of evaluable functions in Godel. As the first part of an extended Godel, the parser produces output similar to the output from the original Godel parser, ensuring that Godel modules are properly handled by the extended-Godel parser. Parser output is structured to simplify, as much as possible, the future task of creating an extended compiler implementing evaluation of functions using narrowing. We describe the structure of the original Godel parser, the objects produced by it, the modifications made for the implementation of the extended Godel and the motivation for those modifications. The ultimate goal of this research is production of a functional component for Godel which evaluates user-defined functions with needed narrowing, a strategy which is sound, complete, and optimal for inductively sequential rewrite systems.

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Parsa, Saeed. "Design and specification of a program specification language for engineering applications." Thesis, University of Salford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357026.

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Marsh, David William Roff. "Program refinement using a universal law : language specification and prototype tool." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312873.

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Barrett, Mark Douglas. "Teaching language arts in third grade with HyperStudio, an interactive computer program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/849.

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Coleman, Jesse J. "The design, construction, and implementation of an engineering software command processor and macro compiler /." Online version of thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/12219.

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Widjaja, Hendra. "Visor++ : a software visualisation tool for task-parallel object-orientated programs." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AS/09asw639.pdf.

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Bibliography: leaves 173-184. This thesis describes Visor++, a tool for visualising programs written in CC++, a task-parallel, object-orientated language derived from C++. Visor++ provides a framework of visualising task-parallel object-orientated programs in the absence of language support for visualisation, i.e. for programs such as CC++ which are written in languages which are not "visualisation-conscious". The development of techniques using a wide selection of language features are described and the effectiveness testified by experimentation.

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Haugh, J. Steven. "The design of a virtual fact base for Prolog." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02022010-020103/.

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Gunnlaugsson, Bjorgvin. "Concurrency and sharing in prolog and in a picture editor for aldat." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63864.

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Duffy, Sandra Lee. "PEDIT-- a resident structure editor for PROLOG." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9833.

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Librers, Joseph. "A module declaration generator." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9861.

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Dodge, Nathan. "Course development for a college Java programming class." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2005. http://165.236.235.140/lib/NDodge2005.pdf.

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Schmitt, Susan M. "A critical examination of the relationship between the memory requirements of structured BASIC and unstructured BASIC." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1985. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Wang, Jian. "Pointer analysis in Java programs using execution path information /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CSED%202008%20WANG.

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Laliberté, Normand. "Design and implementation of a primary memory version of ALDAT, including recursive relations." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65497.

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黃介亮 and Kai-leung Adam Wong. "On improving the alternation construct in occam." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31213741.

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Radhakrishnan, Ramesh. "Microarchitectural techniques to enable efficient Java execution /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Wong, Kai-leung Adam. "On improving the alternation construct in occam /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17537071.

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