Concurrency Theory - Calculi an Automata for Modelling Untimed and Timed Concurrent Systems (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

Intheworldweliveinconcurrencyisthenorm.Forexample,thehumanbody isamassivelyconcurrentsystem,comprisingahugenumberofcells,allsim- taneously evolving and independently engaging in their individual biological processing.Inaddition,inthebiologicalworld,trulysequentialsystemsrarely arise. However, they are more common when manmade artefacts are cons- ered. In particular, computer systems are often developed from a sequential perspective. Why is this? The simple reason is that it is easier for us to think about sequential, rather than concurrent, systems. Thus, we use sequentiality as a device to simplify the design process. However, the need for increasingly powerful, ?exible and usable computer systems mitigates against simplifying sequentiality assumptions. A good - ample of this is the all-powerful position held by the Internet, which is highly concurrent at many di?erent levels of decomposition. Thus, the modern c- puter scientist (and indeed the modern scientist in general) is forced to think aboutconcurrentsystemsandthesubtleandintricatebehaviourthatemerges from the interaction of simultaneously evolving components. Over a period of 25 years, or so, the ?eld of concurrency theory has been involved in the development of a set of mathematical techniques that can help system developers to think about and build concurrent systems. These theories are the subject matter of this book.

General

Imprint:	Springer London
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2006
Authors:	Howard Bowman • Rodolfo Gomez
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	422
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-85233-895-4
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation Promotions
LSN:	1-85233-895-4
Barcode:	9781852338954

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