Citation
Antoon Goderis, Christopher Brooks, Ilkay Altintas, Edward A. Lee, Carol Goble. "Heterogeneous Composition of Models of Computation". Technical report, EECS Department University of California Berkeley, UCB/EECS-2007-139, November, 2007; An earlier version of this paper was published in ICCS. A later version has been accepted for publication in Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Elsevier.

Abstract
A model of computation (MoC) is a formal abstraction of execution in a computer. There is a need for composing diverse MoCs in e-science. Kepler which is based on Ptolemy II is a scientific workflow environment that allows for MoC composition. This paper explains how MoCs are combined in Kepler and Ptolemy II and analyzes which combinations of MoCs are currently possible and useful. It demonstrates the approach by combining MoCs involving dataflow and finite state machines. The resulting classification should be relevant to other workflow environments wishing to combine multiple MoCs.

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  Antoon Goderis, Christopher Brooks, Ilkay Altintas, Edward
  A. Lee, Carol Goble. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/377.html"><i>Heterogeneous
  Composition of Models of Computation</i></a>,
  Technical report,  EECS Department University of California
  Berkeley, UCB/EECS-2007-139, November, 2007; An <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/193.html"
  >earlier version</a> of this paper was published in
  ICCS. A later version has been accepted for publication in
  Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Elsevier.

• Plain text

  Antoon Goderis, Christopher Brooks, Ilkay Altintas, Edward
  A. Lee, Carol Goble. "Heterogeneous Composition of
  Models of Computation". Technical report,  EECS
  Department University of California Berkeley,
  UCB/EECS-2007-139, November, 2007; An <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/193.html"
  >earlier version</a> of this paper was published in
  ICCS. A later version has been accepted for publication in
  Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Elsevier.

• BibTeX

  @techreport{GoderisBrooksAltintasLeeGoble07_HeterogeneousCompositionOfModelsOfComputation,
      author = {Antoon Goderis and Christopher Brooks and Ilkay
                Altintas and Edward A. Lee and Carol Goble},
      title = {Heterogeneous Composition of Models of Computation},
      institution = {EECS Department University of California Berkeley},
      number = {UCB/EECS-2007-139},
      month = {November},
      year = {2007},
      note = {An <a
                href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/193.html"
                >earlier version</a> of this paper was published
                in ICCS. A later version has been accepted for
                publication in Future Generation Computer Systems
                (FGCS) Elsevier.},
      abstract = {A model of computation (MoC) is a formal
                abstraction of execution in a computer. There is a
                need for composing diverse MoCs in e-science.
                Kepler which is ba<x>sed on Ptolemy II is a
                scientific workflow environment that allows for
                MoC composition. This paper explains how MoCs are
                combined in Kepler and Ptolemy II and analyzes
                which combinations of MoCs are currently possible
                and useful. It demonstrates the approach by
                combining MoCs involving dataflow and finite state
                machines. The resulting classification should be
                relevant to other workflow environments wishing to
                combine multiple MoCs.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/377.html}
  }
  

Posted by Christopher Brooks on 27 Nov 2007.
Groups: ptolemy
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