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An Algebraic Characterisation of Concurrent Composition

Logic in Computer Science 2014-06-10 v1

Abstract

We give an algebraic characterization of a form of synchronized parallel composition allowing for true concurrency, using ideas based on Peter Landin's "Program-Machine Symmetric Automata Theory".

Cite

@article{arxiv.1406.1965,
  title  = {An Algebraic Characterisation of Concurrent Composition},
  author = {Samson Abramsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.1965},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

This is an old technical report from 1981. I submitted it to a special issue of HOSC in honour of Peter Landin, as explained in the Prelude, added in 2008. However, at an advanced stage, the handling editor became unresponsive, and the paper was never published. I am making it available via the arXiv for the same reasons given in the Prelude

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