How Does Concurrency Extend The Paradigm Of Computation?[a].

Discusses the role of concurrency in the extension of the notion of computation. Expressive of concurrent and sequential models; Boundaries of the Church-Turing thesis framework; Phenomena arising from the representation of concurrent systems leading to the concurrency theories; Conceptual operatio...

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Publicado en:Monist Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 37 - 58
Autor principal: Schachter, Vincent
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jan1999
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Sumario:Discusses the role of concurrency in the extension of the notion of computation. Expressive of concurrent and sequential models; Boundaries of the Church-Turing thesis framework; Phenomena arising from the representation of concurrent systems leading to the concurrency theories; Conceptual operations captured by process algebras; Concurrency models' impact on the toolbox for modeling real-world complex systems.