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Communicating Process Architectures 2008

CPA 2008 will start on the evening of Sunday 7th September, through to lunchtime on Wednesday 10th September, at the University of York in Yorkshire (UK).

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The Abstract below is from a paper in our database:

Towards a Semantics for Prioritized Alternation

By Ian R. East

A new prioritised alternation programming construct and CSP operator have previously been suggested by the author to express behaviour that arises with machine-level prioritised vectored interruption. The semantics of each is considered, though that of prioritisation is deferred given the current lack of consensus regarding a suitable domain. Defining axioms for the operator are tentatively proposed, along with possible laws regarding behaviour. Lastly, the issue of controlled termination of component and construct is explored. This is intended as only a first step towards a complete semantics.

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