Process Algebra with Timing
By: by J. C. M. Baeten, C. A. Middelburg
Contributors: Middelburg, C. A.
Series: Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series; Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9783642077883; 9783662049952
Subjects: Software engineering; Algebra; Data structures (Computer science); Data processing; Computer science
Description: 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.
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