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@InProceedings{Smith05,
  title = "{A} {U}nifying {T}heory of {T}rue {C}oncurrency {B}ased on {CSP} and {L}azy {O}bservation",
  author= "Smith, Marc L.",
  editor= "Broenink, Jan F. and Roebbers, Herman and Sunter, Johan P. E. and Welch, Peter H. and Wood, David C.",
  pages = "177--188",
  booktitle= "{C}ommunicating {P}rocess {A}rchitectures 2005",
  isbn= "978-1-58603-561-7",
  year= "2005",
  month= "sep",
  abstract= "What if the CSP observer were lazy? This paper considers the
     consequences of altering the behavior of the CSP observer.
     Specifically, what implications would this new behavior have
     on CSP\&\#8217;s traces? Laziness turns out to be a useful
     metaphor. We show how laziness permits transforming CSP into
     a model of true concurrency (i.e., non-interleaved trace
     semantics). Furthermore, the notion of a lazy observer
     supports tenets of view-centric reasoning (VCR): parallel
     events (i.e., true concurrency), multiple observers (i.e.,
     different views), and the possibility of imperfect
     observation. We know from the study of programming languages
     that laziness is not necessarily a negative quality; it
     provides the possibility of greater expression and power in
     the programswe write. Similarly, within the context of the
     Unifying Theories of Programming, a model of true
     concurrency\&\#8212; VCR \&\#8212; becomes possible by
     permitting (even encouraging) the CSP observer to be lazy."
}

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