{"product_id":"understanding-concurrent-systems-9781848822573","title":"Understanding Concurrent Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): A. W. Roscoe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Operating Systems - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunicating Sequential Processes (CSP) has been used extensively for teaching and applying concurrency theory, ever since the publication of the text \u003cem\u003eCommunicating Sequential Processes\u003c\/em\u003e by C.A.R. Hoare in 1985. Both a programming language and a specification language, CSP helps users to understand concurrent systems, and to decide whether a program meets its specification. As a member of the family of process algebras, the concepts of communication and interaction are presented in an algebraic style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn invaluable textbook\/reference on the state of the art in CSP, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnderstanding Concurrent Systems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e also serves as a comprehensive introduction to the field, in addition to providing material for a number of more advanced courses. A first point of reference for anyone wanting to use CSP or learn about its theory, the book also introduces other views of concurrency, using CSP to model and explain these. The text is fully integrated with CSP-based tools such as Failures-Divergences Refinement (FDR), and describes how to create new tools based on FDR. Most of the book relies on no previous knowledge of the theoretical background other than a basic knowledge of sets and sequences. Sophisticated mathematical arguments are avoided whenever possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTopics and features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a comprehensive, accessible introduction to CSP\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the latest advances in CSP, giving novel presentations of its operational and algebraic semantics as well as the first comprehensive survey of its hierarchy of behavioural denotational models\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the practical application of CSP, including timed modelling, discrete modelling, parameterised verifications and the state explosion problem, as well as advanced topics in the use of FDR\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the ability of CSP to describe and enable reasoning about parallel systems modelled in other paradigms including two chapters on shared variable programming\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a broad variety of concurrent systems, including combinatorial, timed, priority-based, mobile, shared variable, statecharts, buffered and asynchronous systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains ample exercises and case studies to support the text and aid in the explanation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupplies further tools and information at the associated website: http: \/\/www.comlab.ox.ac.uk\/ucs\/\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom undergraduate students of computer science in need of an introduction to the area, to researchers and practitioners desiring a more in-depth understanding of theory and practice of concurrent systems, this broad-ranging text\/reference is essential reading for anyone interested in Hoare's CSP.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill Roscoe \u003c\/strong\u003ehas been Head of Department at Oxford University Computing Laboratory since 2003 and a Professor of Computer Science there since 1997. He is a Fellow of University College, Oxford and co-Director of the James Martin Institute for the Future of Computing. He is also co-editor of the Springer book \u003cem\u003eReflections on the Work of C.A.R. Hoare\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45274328039575,"sku":"9781848822573","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781848822573.webp?v=1769279601","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/understanding-concurrent-systems-9781848822573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}