TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baeten,J.C.M.
AU  - Basten,Thomas Geertruida Henricus
AU  - Reniers,M.A.
TI  - Process algebra: equational theories of communicating processes 
T2  - Cambridge tracts in theoretical computer science
SN  - 9781139195003 (ebook)
AV  - QA76.58 .B34 2010
U1  - 004.0151 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
KW  - Electronic data processing
KW  - Distributed processing
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Foreword / Tony Hoare -- Foreword / Robin Milner -- Foreword / Jan Bergstra -- 1. Process algebra -- 2. Preliminaries -- 3. Transition systems -- 4. Basic process theory -- 5. Recursion -- 6. Sequential processes -- 7. Parallel and communicating processes -- 8. Abstraction -- 9. Timing -- 10. Data and states -- 11. Features -- 12. Semantics
N2  - Process algebra is a widely accepted and much used technique in the specification and verification of parallel and distributed software systems. This book sets the standard for the field. It assembles the relevant results of most process algebras currently in use, and presents them in a unified framework and notation. The authors describe the theory underlying the development, realization and maintenance of software that occurs in parallel or distributed systems. A system can be specified in the syntax provided, and the axioms can be used to verify that a composed system has the required external behaviour. As examples, two protocols are completely specified and verified in the text: the Alternating-Bit Protocol for Data Communication, and Fischer's Protocol of Mutual Exclusion. The book serves as a reference text for researchers and graduate students in computer science, offering a complete overview of the field and referring to further literature where appropriate
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139195003
ER  -