ON SYSTEM EXECUTIONS AND STATES

被引:2
作者
ABRAHAM, U [1 ]
机构
[1] BEN GURION UNIV NEGEV, DEPT MATH & COMP SCI, BEER SHEVA, ISRAEL
关键词
CORRECTNESS OF PROGRAMS; GLOBAL TIME; SYSTEM EXECUTION; SEMANTICS OF CONCURRENCY; CORES OF EXECUTIONS;
D O I
10.1007/BF00871720
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
An approach for modeling dynamic situations where several processes execute concurrently is described. Using the concepts ''system execution'' and ''pomset'' defined by Lamport and Gischer, we address basic issues such as: what is an ''event''? what is a ''state'' of a system? how should time be represented? etc. The notion of a system execution is extended in such a way that a state is just a peculiar system execution, one in which no event precedes another-it is the description of a moment. This allows demonstrating the duality within a single framework of two approaches to modeling concurrency: the one based on events and the other on states.
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页码:17 / 30
页数:14
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