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This book constitutes revised selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Rewriting Logic and Its Applications, WRLA 2024, held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, during April 6–7, 2024. The 11 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. They focus on several topics, e.g., foundations; rewriting as a logical and semantic framework; rewriting languages; verification techniques; applications; and education.

This volume constitutes the papers of two workshops which were held in conjunction with the 21st International Workshop on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2023 Collocated Workshops, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on November 6–10, 2023 The 10 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. SEFM 2023 Collocated Workshops presents the following two workshops: 5th International Workshop on Cognition: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Models and Applications (CIFMA 2023) 11th International Workshop on Open Community approaches to Education, Research and Technology (OpenCERT 2023)

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 5th International Workshop on Dynamic Logic. New Trends and Applications, DaLí 2023, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, during September 15–16, 2023. The 8 full papers in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 10 submissions. They deal with new trends and applications in the area of Dynamic Logic.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Verified Software, VSTTE 2023, held in Ames, IA, USA, October 23–24, 2023. The 6 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 submissions. They focus on requirements modeling, specification languages, software design methods, automatic code generation, refinement methodologies, and more.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2024, which took place in Vienna, Austria, during September 25–27, 2024. The 13 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The book also contains two invited talks in full paper length. The contributions in these proceedings cover topics from computability and reachability; automata and complexity; linear systems and recurrences; and games and abstractions.

The open access book set LNCS 14933 + 14934 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2024, which took place in Milan, Italy, in September 2024. The 51 full and 4 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 219 submissions. They also include 2 invited talks in full paper length and 10 tutorial papers. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Invited papers; fundamentals of formal verification; foundations; learn and repair; programming languages.- logic and automata; Part II: Tools and case studies; embedded systems track; industry day track; tutorial papers.

The 7-volume set LNCS 14832 – 14838 constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2024, which took place in Malaga, Spain, during July 2–4, 2024. The 155 full papers and 70 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 430 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: ICCS 2024 Main Track Full Papers; Part II: ICCS 2024 Main Track Full Papers; Part III: ICCS 2024 Main Track Short Papers; Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences: Numerical Methods, Frameworks and Applications; Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing for Advanced Simulations; Part IV: Biomedical and Bioinformatics Challenges for Computer Science; Computational Health; Part V: Computational Optimization, Modelling, and Simulation; Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in Advancing Computational Medicine; Machine Learning and Data Assimilation for Dynamical Systems; Multiscale Modelling and Simulation; Part VI: Network Models and Analysis: From Foundations to Artificial Intelligence; Numerical Algorithms and Computer Arithmetic for Computational Science; Quantum Computing; Part VII: Simulations of Flow and Transport: Modeling, Algorithms and Computation; Smart Systems: Bringing Together Computer Vision, Sensor Networks, and Artificial Intelligence; Solving Problems with Uncertainties; Teaching Computational Science

The 7-volume set LNCS 14832 – 14838 constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2024, which took place in Malaga, Spain, during July 2–4, 2024. The 155 full papers and 70 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 430 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: ICCS 2024 Main Track Full Papers; Part II: ICCS 2024 Main Track Full Papers; Part III: ICCS 2024 Main Track Short Papers; Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences: Numerical Methods, Frameworks and Applications; Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing for Advanced Simulations; Part IV: Biomedical and Bioinformatics Challenges for Computer Science; Computational Health; Part V: Computational Optimization, Modelling, and Simulation; Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in Advancing Computational Medicine; Machine Learning and Data Assimilation for Dynamical Systems; Multiscale Modelling and Simulation; Part VI: Network Models and Analysis: From Foundations to Artificial Intelligence; Numerical Algorithms and Computer Arithmetic for Computational Science; Quantum Computing; Part VII: Simulations of Flow and Transport: Modeling, Algorithms and Computation; Smart Systems: Bringing Together Computer Vision, Sensor Networks, and Artificial Intelligence; Solving Problems with Uncertainties; Teaching Computational Science

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Symbolic Computation in Software Science, SCSS 2024, which took place in Tokyo, Japan, during August 28-30, 2024. The 7 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers presented emphasize formal analysis and proof of theorems invarious applications, foundational work on rewrite systems, and sound handling of branches of inverse functions.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems, FMICS 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 9–13, 2024. The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Real-Time Systems/ Robotics; Semantics and Verification; Case Studies; Neural Networks.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2024, held in Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, during July 2024. The 8 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The papers deal with various aspects and applications of search-based software engineering, focusing on engineering challenges and the application of automated approaches and optimization techniques from AI and machine learning research.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 44th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems, FORTE 2024, held in Groningen, The Netherlands, in June 2024, as part of the 19th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2024 during June 17–21, 2024. The 11 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They focus on fundamental research on theory, models, tools, and applications for distributed systems.

This LNCS 14627 conference volume constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2024, held in Moffett Field, CA, USA in June 2024. The 20 full papers together with 6 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The conference focuses on the on formal techniques for software and system assurance for applications in space, aviation, robotics, and other NASA-relevant safety-critical systems.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Workshops held in conjunction with the 43rd International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2024, which took place in Florence, Italy, during September 2024. The 36 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 64 submissions to the following workshops: DECSoS 2024 – 19th Workshop on Dependable Smart Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems and Systems-of-Systems SASSUR 2024 - 11th International Workshop on Next Generation of System Assurance Approaches for Critical Systems TOASTS 2024 – Towards A Safer Systems'Architecture Through Security WAISE 2024 – 7th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety Engineering

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2024, which was held in Limassol, Cyprus, during June 3-7, 2024. The 36 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 180 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Process alignment, comparison and discovery; process discovery, monitoring and correction; graphs and graph networks; process modelling and management; prediction, monitoring and planning; data preparation, sharing, and architecture; requirements; process and decision mining; event and process discovery; session trust, security and risk; social aspects and LLMs; model-driven engineering and quantum workflows.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings presented at the international workshops of the 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2023, which was held in Kraków, Poland, in September-October 2023. The papers in this volume were presented at the following workshops: XAI^3, TACTIFUL, XI-ML, SEDAMI, RAAIT, AI4S, HYDRA, AI4AI.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of Systems and Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems, QEST+Formats 2024, which took place in Calgary, AB, Canada, during September 2024. This year the 21th International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST 2024) and the 22nd International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS 2024) joint forces and took place as part of the CONFEST 2024 umbrella conference. The 19 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They deal with up-to-date topics in quantitative evaluation and verification of systems, focusing on fundamental and practical aspects of systems with quantitative nature, such as probability, timing, and cost, and modeling, design and analysis of computational systems.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Functional and Logic Programming, FLOPS 2024, held in Kumamoto, Japan, in May 2024. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. The scope includes all aspects of the design, semantics, theory, applications, implementations, and teaching of declarative programming. FLOPS speci cally aims to promote cross-fertilization between theory and practice and among di erent styles of declarative programming.

This conference LNAI 14502 volume constitutes the workshop proceedings of 22nd Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in November 2023 in Mérida, Yucatán, México. The total of 34 papers presented in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions.The proceedings of MICAI 2023 workshops are structured into three sections: – WILE 2023: 16th Workshop on Intelligent Learning Environments – HIS 2023: 16th Workshop of Hybrid Intelligent Systems – CIAPP 2023: 5th Workshop on New Trends in Computational Intelligence and Applications

Uncover the secrets of cutting-edge research in “Infrared Small Target Detection,” a crucial resource that delves into the dynamic world of infrared imaging and detection algorithms. This comprehensive book is an indispensable gem for the research community, offering a profound introduction to the theory, methods, and algorithms underlying infrared small object detection. As an invaluable guide, this book explores diverse models and categories of infrared small object detection algorithms, providing meticulous descriptions and comparisons of their strengths and limitations. Perfectly tailored for researchers, practitioners, and students with a passion for infrared imaging and detection, this book equips readers with the necessary knowledge to embark on groundbreaking investigations in this field.Readers can particularly be drawn to the book's methods, results, and topics, encompassing diverse categories of infrared small object detection algorithms and their corresponding advantages and disadvantages. The book also imparts foundational knowledge in mathematical morphology, tensor decomposition, and deep learning, enabling readers to grasp the underlying principles of these advanced algorithms. Experience the key benefits of “Infrared Small Target Detection” as readers gain a profound understanding of theory, methods, and algorithms tailored to infrared small object detection. The comprehensive descriptions and comparisons of various algorithm categories empower readers to select the perfect algorithms for their specific applications. Unlock the potential of this groundbreaking resource with a basic understanding of mathematics, statistics, and image processing. Some familiarity with infrared imaging and detection proves advantageous in fully immersing oneself in the wealth of knowledge presented within these pages.

Structures of Computing explains the behavioral meaning of fundamental concepts of computing from a practical viewpoint and in generic terms, unrestricted by specific computing devices or programming languages. To compute is understood as processing structures by a set of cooperating agents each of which executes an algorithm assigned to it and interacts with the other agents. Part I of the book defines the conceptual constituents of interactive processes: (i) data, i.e. structured objects with associated properties, relations and functions the algorithmic processes operate upon, (ii) basic operations that affect the data in single execution steps, and (iii) control mechanisms that determine the combination of single steps in multi-agent computations where the interaction happens via communication or other forms of data sharing. Part II analyses these constituents concerning (i) methods to achieve process correctness (inspection, experimental validation, reasoning), (ii) principal computational paradigms (architectures, programming styles, communication structures, control patterns from sequential and reflective to concurrent, mixed synchronous/asynchronous and data flow control), and (iii) complexity (power and limits of computing structures). The book is mainly addressed to students and professionals who want to understand the conceptual foundation of computing. It does not assume any specific programming experience but only a basic understanding of what are mechanically executable processes and their descriptions. Any unnecessary formalism is thus avoided, and definitions are formulated as much as possible in natural language, using common mathematical notation only where needed to prevent ambiguities. Numerous examples and exercises serve as comprehension checkpoints.

Technical debt is an often-overlooked problem that the software industry needs to take more seriously. All organizations are impacted by it, most wish that they had less of it, but need help in understanding the nature of the beast. This book aims to clear up any misconceptions and show you how to implement a sound technical debt management program to suit your company's needs. You'll learn the greatest challenge in solving the technical debt dilemma is not to find solutions to it, but rather to find solutions to the human and organizational issues that lead to that debt. For example, convincing senior stakeholders of the importance of addressing technical debt, getting stakeholders to acknowledge how their actions lead to unintentional debt, and enabling teams to prioritize technical debt over short-term goals. Therefore, this book is divided into three parts: defining technical debt, understanding technical debt, and tackling technical debt. It begins by explaining why technical debt should not be considered a technical problem, but rather a problem of how trade-off decisions are made. You'll then examine how making decisions using the affect heuristic, more commonly known as a “gut feeling,” can lead to unnecessary technical debt, followed by some techniques for combating your vulnerability to this trap. Reducing your organization's level of technical debt is not easy. Taming Your Dragon will show you how to implement a technical debt management program. What You Will Learn Review a new paradigm based on technical debt being a combination of trade-off problems and system problems Understand the many ways that technical debt adversely affects an organization's ability to deliver IT change Create an effective process for addressing technical debt See why analogies are important Who This Book Is For Software teams supporting DevOps, managers, and other business stakeholders looking to implement a technical debt management program.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to Matlab, which stands as the cornerstone of modern education and is the main computer language driving development in science and engineering. The author introduces readers to the rich world of Matlab, taking them on a journey from the fundamentals to advanced topics, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to become a proficient Matlab developer or scientist. The book provides a treasure trove of practical examples, meticulously crafted to deepen the reader understanding of Matlab. This comprehensive exploration is designed to cater to novice learners as well as mature developers and scientists, equipping them with the requisite knowledge and competencies to harness the Matlab full potential in their respective projects. From the basics of variable naming and program structure to complex matrix operations, recursion, and object-oriented programming, this book covers it all. This book is part of a series of worksdesigned to present both the examples and their explanations in various computer languages, as close to a mirror version as possible.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to JavaScript, which stands as the cornerstone of modern programming and is the main computer language driving the Internet. The author introduces readers to the rich world of JavaScript, taking them on a journey from the fundamentals to advanced topics, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to become a proficient science and engineering oriented JavaScript developer. The book provides a treasure trove of practical examples, meticulously crafted to deepen the reader understanding of JavaScript. This comprehensive exploration is designed to cater to novice learners as well as mature developers and scientists, equipping them with the requisite knowledge and competencies to harness the JavaScript full potential in their respective projects. This book is part of a series of works designed to present both the examples and their explanations in various computer languages, as close to a mirror version as possible.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to Python, which stands as the cornerstone of modern programming and is the main computer language driving software prototyping in both industry and research. The author introduces readers to the rich world of Python, taking them on a journey from the fundamentals to advanced topics, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to become a proficient Python developer or scientist. The book provides a treasure trove of practical examples, meticulously crafted to deepen the reader understanding of Python. This comprehensive exploration is designed to cater to novice learners as well as mature developers and scientists, equipping them with the requisite knowledge and competencies to harness the Python full potential in their respective projects. From the basics of variable naming and program structure to complex matrix operations, recursion, and object-oriented programming, this book covers it all. This book is part of a seriesof works designed to present both the examples and their explanations in various computer languages, as close to a mirror version as possible.

The French School of Programming is a collection of insightful discussions of programming and software engineering topics, by some of the most prestigious names of French computer science. The authors include several of the originators of such widely acclaimed inventions as abstract interpretation, the Caml, OCaml and Eiffel programming languages, the Coq proof assistant, agents and modern testing techniques.The book is divided into four parts: Software Engineering (A), Programming Language Mechanisms and Type Systems (B), Theory (C), and Language Design and Programming Methodology (D). They are preceded by a Foreword by Bertrand Meyer, the editor of the volume, a Preface by Jim Woodcock providing an outsider's appraisal of the French school's contribution, and an overview chapter by Gérard Berry, recalling his own intellectual journey. Chapter 2, by Marie-Claude Gaudel, presents a 30-year perspective on the evolution of testing starting with her own seminal work. In chapter 3, Michel Raynal covers distributed computing with an emphasis on simplicity. Chapter 4, by Jean-Marc Jézéquel, former director of IRISA, presents the evolution of modeling, from CASE tools to SLE and Machine Learning. Chapter 5, by Joëlle Coutaz, is a comprehensive review of the evolution of Human-Computer Interaction. In part B, chapter 6, by Jean-Pierre Briot, describes the sequence of abstractions that led to the concept of agent. Chapter 7, by Pierre-Louis Curien, is a personal account of a journey through fundamental concepts of semantics, syntax and types. In chapter 8, Thierry Coquand presents “some remarks on dependent type theory”. Part C begins with Patrick Cousot's personal historical perspective on his well-known creation, abstract interpretation, in chapter 9. Chapter 10, by Jean-Jacques Lévy, is devoted to tracking redexes in the Lambda Calculus. The final chapter of that part, chapter 11 by Jean-Pierre Jouannaud, presents advances in rewriting systems, specifically the confluence of terminating rewriting computations. Part D contains two longer contributions. Chapter 12 is a review by Giuseppe Castagna of a broad range of programming topics relying on union, intersection and negation types. In the final chapter, Bertrand Meyer covers “ten choices in language design” for object-oriented programming, distinguishing between “right” and “wrong” resolutions of these issues and explaining the rationale behind Eiffel's decisions.This book will be of special interest to anyone with an interest in modern views of programming — on such topics as programming language design, the relationship between programming and type theory, object-oriented principles, distributed systems, testing techniques, rewriting systems, human-computer interaction, software verification… — and in the insights of a brilliant group of innovators in the field.