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A Framework for Comparing Models of Computation (1998)
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| Venue: | IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS |
| Citations: | 322 - 67 self |
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@ARTICLE{Lee98aframework,
author = {Edward A. Lee and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli},
title = {A Framework for Comparing Models of Computation},
journal = {IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS},
year = {1998},
volume = {17},
pages = {1217--1229}
}
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Abstract
We give a denotational framework (a “meta model”) within which certain properties of models of computation can be compared. It describes concurrent processes in general terms as sets of possible behaviors. A process is determinate if, given the constraints imposed by the inputs, there are exactly one or exactly zero behaviors. Compositions of processes are processes with behaviors in the intersection of the behaviors of the component processes. The interaction between processes is through signals, which are collections of events. Each event is a value-tag pair, where the tags can come from a partially ordered or totally ordered set. Timed models are where the set of tags is totally ordered. Synchronous events share the same tag, and synchronous signals contain events with the same set of tags. Synchronous processes have only synchronous signals as behaviors. Strict causality (in timed tag systems) and continuity (in untimed tag systems) ensure determinacy under certain technical conditions. The framework is used to compare certain essential features of various models of computation, including Kahn process networks, dataflow, sequential processes, concurrent sequential processes with rendezvous, Petri nets, and discrete-event systems.
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comparing model synchronous signal timed model meta model petri net denotational framework untimed tag system tag system value-tag pair certain property certain essential feature general term discrete-event system concurrent sequential process concurrent process kahn process network synchronous process synchronous event share sequential process certain technical condition ordered set possible behavior various model strict causality
