A Theory of Distributed Objects Asynchrony — Mobility — Groups — Components /

• Main Authors: Caromel, Denis (Author), Henrio, Ludovic (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Computer logic.; Mathematical logic.; Computer Science.; Theory of Computation.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.; Software Engineering.

Distributed and communicating objects are becoming ubiquitous. In global, Grid and Peer-to-Peer computing environments, extensive use is made of objects interacting through method calls. So far, no general formalism has been proposed for the foundation of such systems. Caromel and Henrio are the fir...

Table of Contents:

• Review
• Analysis
• Formalisms and Distributed Calculi
• ASP Calculus
• An Imperative Sequential Calculus
• Asynchronous Sequential Processes
• A Few Examples
• Semantics and Properties
• Parallel Semantics
• Basic ASP Properties
• Confluence Property
• Determinacy
• A Few More Features
• More Confluent Features
• Non-Confluent Features
• Migration
• Groups
• Components
• Channels and Reconfigurations
• Implementation Strategies
• A Java API for ASP: ProActive
• Future Update
• Loosing Rendezvous
• Controlling Pipelining
• Garbage Collection
• Final Words
• ASP Versus Other Concurrent Calculi
• Conclusion
• Epilogue.