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Edited By
J.A. Bergstra, University of Amsterdam, Programming Research Group, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A. Ponse, University of Amsterdam, Programming Research Group, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
S.A. Smolka, Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400, USA
Description
Process Algebra is a formal description technique for complex computer systems, especially those involving communicating, concurrently
executing components. It is a subject that concurrently touches many topic areas of computer science and discrete math, including system
design notations, logic, concurrency theory, specification and verification, operational semantics, algorithms, complexity theory, and,
of course, algebra.
This Handbook documents the fate of process algebra since its inception in the late 1970's to the present. It
is intended to serve as a reference source for researchers, students, and system designers and engineers interested in either the theory
of process algebra or in learning what process algebra brings to the table as a formal system description and verification technique.
The Handbook is divided into six parts spanning a total of 19 self-contained Chapters.
The organization is as follows. Part 1, consisting
of four chapters, covers a broad swath of the basic theory of process algebra. Part 2 contains two chapters devoted to the sub-specialization
of process algebra known as finite-state processes, while the three chapters of Part 3 look at infinite-state processes, value-passing
processes and mobile processes in particular. Part 4, also three chapters in length, explores several extensions to process algebra including
real-time, probability and priority. The four chapters of Part 5 examine non-interleaving process algebras, while Part 6's three chapters
address process-algebra tools and applications.
Contents
Preface (J.A. Bergstra, A. Ponse, S.A. Smolka).
Part 1: Basic Theory.
The linear time - brancing time spectrum I (R.J. van Glabbeek).
Trace-oriented models of concurrency (M. Broy, E.-R. Olderog). Structural operational semantics (L. Aceto, W.J. Fokkink, C. Verhoef).
Modal logics and mu-calculi: an introduction (J.C. Bradfield, C. Stirling).
Part 2: Finite-State Processes.
Process algebra with
recursive operations (J.A. Bergstra, W.J. Fokkink, A. Ponse). Equivalence and preorder checking for finite-state systems (R. Cleaveland,
O. Sokolsky).
Part 3: Infinite-State Processes.
A symbolic approach to value-passing processes (A. Ingólfsdóttir,
H. Lin). An introduction to the pi-calculus (P. Parrow). Verification on infinite structures (O. Burkart, D. Caucal, F. Moller, B. Steffen).
Part 4: Extensions.
Process algebra with timing: real time and discrete time (J.C.M. Baeten, C.A. Middelburg). Probabilistic extensions
of process algebras (B. Jonsson, K.G. Larsen, Wang Yi). Priority in process algebra (R. Cleaveland, G. Lüettgen, V. Natarajan).
Part 5: Non-Interleaving Process Algebra.
Partial-order process algebra (J.C.M. Baeten, T. Basten). A unified model for nets and
process algebras (E. Best, R. Devillers, M. Koutny). Process algebras with localities (I. Castellani). Action refinement (R. Gorrieri,
A. Rensink).
Part 6: Tools and Applications.
Algebraic process verification (J.F. Groote, M.A. Reniers). Discrete time process
algebra and the semantics of SDL (J.A. Bergstra, C.A. Middelburg, Y.S. Usenko). A process algebra for Interworkings (S. Mauw, M.A. Reniers).
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 1356 pages, publication date: MAR-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82830-9
ISBN-10: 0-444-82830-3
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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Last update: 12 Jul 2008
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