Towards a Process Algebra for Shared Processors



AbstractWe present work-in-progress on a timed process algebra that models sharing of processor resources allowing preemption at arbitrary points of time. This enables us to model both the functional and the timely behaviour of concurrent processes executed on a single processor. We give a refinement relation that describes that one process is more deterministic than another. Applications of the model for process scheduling, programming language semantics, and kernel development are outlined.
TypeJournal paper [With referee]
JournalElectronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
EditorsFlavio Corradini and Walter Vogler
Year2002    Vol. 52    No. 3
PublisherElsevier Science Publishers
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IMM Group(s)Computer Science & Engineering