{"product_id":"9781849969512","title":"Concurrency Theory: Calculi an Automata for Modelling Untimed and Timed Concurrent Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eConcurrency Theory: Calculi an Automata for Modelling Untimed and Timed Concurrent Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBowman, Howard; Gomez, Rodolfo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntheworldweliveinconcurrencyisthenorm.Forexample,thehumanbody isamassivelyconcurrentsystem,comprisingahugenumberofcells,allsim- taneously evolving and independently engaging in their individual biological processing.Inaddition,inthebiologicalworld,trulysequentialsystemsrarely arise. However, they are more common when manmade artefacts are cons- ered. In particular, computer systems are often developed from a sequential perspective. Why is this? The simple reason is that it is easier for us to think about sequential, rather than concurrent, systems. Thus, we use sequentiality as a device to simplify the design process. However, the need for increasingly powerful, ?exible and usable computer systems mitigates against simplifying sequentiality assumptions. A good - ample of this is the all-powerful position held by the Internet, which is highly concurrent at many di?erent levels of decomposition. Thus, the modern c- puter scientist (and indeed the modern scientist in general) is forced to think aboutconcurrentsystemsandthesubtleandintricatebehaviourthatemerges from the interaction of simultaneously evolving components. Over a period of 25 years, or so, the ?eld of concurrency theory has been involved in the development of a set of mathematical techniques that can help system developers to think about and build concurrent systems. These theories are the subject matter of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-10-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781849969512\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/1-84628-336-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 422\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49472473301132,"sku":"9781849969512","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781849969512.jpg?v=1777989205","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781849969512","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}