A Distributed Pi-Calculus
1st Edition
Published on 29. March 2007
978-0-511-27179-3 (ISBN)
Description
Distributed systems are fast becoming the norm in computer science. Formal mathematical models and theories of distributed behaviour are needed in order to understand them. This book proposes a distributed pi-calculus called Dpi, for describing the behaviour of mobile agents in a distributed world. It is based on an existing formal language, the pi-calculus, to which it adds a network layer and a primitive migration construct. A mathematical theory of the behaviour of these distributed systems is developed, in which the presence of types plays a major role. It is also shown how in principle this theory can be used to develop verification techniques for guaranteeing the behavior of distributed agents. The text is accessible to computer scientists with a minimal background in discrete mathematics. It contains an elementary account of the pi-calculus, and the associated theory of bisimulations. It also develops the type theory required by Dpi from first principles.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 77 Tables, color; 47 Plates, unspecified
File size
3,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-27179-3 (9780511271793)
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Matthew Hennessy
A Distributed Pi-Calculus
Book
03/2007
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Matthew Hennessy is a Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Informatics, University of Sussex. This is his 3rd book.
Content
1. Introduction; 2. Inductive principles; 3. The asynchronous Pi-Calculus; 4. Types for API; 5. Types and behaviour in API; 6. A distributed asynchronous Pi-Calculus; Behavioural Equivalences for ADPI; Sources; List of figures; Notation.
