Formal methods offer a mathematically rigorous framework for the specification, development and verification of programming languages and software systems. By leveraging techniques such as theorem ...

Abstract A new characterization of the exact minimax penalty function method is presented. The exactness of the penalization for the exact minimax penalty function method is analyzed in the context of ...

In the first part of this paper, the concept of logical reduction is presented. Minimal preferred variable inequalities are introduced, and algorithms are given for their calculation. A simple ...