Process Algebra with Timing /

Timing issues are of growing importance for the conceptualization and design of computer-based systems. Timing may simply be essential for the correct behaviour of a system, e.g. of a controller. Even if timing is not essential for the correct behaviour of a system, there may be good reasons to intr...

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Main Author: Baeten, J. C. M.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Middelburg, C. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.
Series:Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science An EATCS Series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Timing issues are of growing importance for the conceptualization and design of computer-based systems. Timing may simply be essential for the correct behaviour of a system, e.g. of a controller. Even if timing is not essential for the correct behaviour of a system, there may be good reasons to introduce it in such a way that suitable timing becomes relevant for the correct behaviour of a complex system. This book is unique in presenting four algebraic theories about processes, each dealing with timing from a different point of view, in a coherent and systematic way. The timing of actions is either relative or absolute and the underlying time scale is either discrete or continuous. All presented theories are extensions of the algebra of communicating processes. The book is essential reading for researchers and advanced students interested in timing issues in the context of the design and analysis of concurrent and communicating processes.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 290 pages)
ISBN:9783662049952 (electronic bk.)
3662049953 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1431-2654