Models for concurrency
Glynn Winskel, Mogens Nielsen · 1995
Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to provide a survey of the fundamental models for distributed computations used and studied within theoretical computer science. Such models have the nature of mathematical formalisms in which to describe and reason about the behaviour of distributed computational systems. Their purpose is to provide an understanding of systems and their behaviour in theory, and to contribute to methods of design and analysis in practice.