Citation
Christopher Brooks, Edward A. Lee, Stephen Neuendorffer, Yang Zhao, Haiyang Zheng, Xiaojun Liu. "Heterogeneous Concurrent Modeling and Design in Java (Volume 2: Ptolemy II Software Architecture)". Technical report, EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, UCB/EECS-2008-29, April, 2008.

Abstract
This volume describes the software architecture of Ptolemy II. The first chapter covers the kernel package, which provides a set of Java classes supporting clustered graph topologies for models. Cluster graphs provide a very general abstract syntax for component-based modeling, without assuming or imposing any semantics on the models. The actor package begins to add semantics by providing basic infrastructure for data transport between components. The data package provides classes to encapsulate the data that is transported. It also provides an extensible type system and an interpreted expression language. The graph package provides graph-theoretic algorithms that are used in the type system and by schedulers in the individual domains. The model transformation package provides a mechanism to systematically transform models by means of graph rewriting. The plot package provides a visual data plotting utility that is used in many of the applets and applications. The codegen package is a templated based code generator similar to the Ptolemy Classic code generators. The copernicus package is a code generator that performs static analysis on Java class files to produce smaller, faster executable models. Volume 1 gives an introduction to Ptolemy II, including tutorials on the use of the software, and volume 3 describes the domains, each of which implements a model of computation.

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  Yang Zhao, Haiyang Zheng, Xiaojun Liu. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/409.html"
  ><i>Heterogeneous Concurrent Modeling and Design in
  Java (Volume 2: Ptolemy II Software
  Architecture)</i></a>, Technical report,  EECS
  Department, University of California, Berkeley,
  UCB/EECS-2008-29, April, 2008.

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  Christopher Brooks, Edward A. Lee, Stephen Neuendorffer,
  Yang Zhao, Haiyang Zheng, Xiaojun Liu. "Heterogeneous
  Concurrent Modeling and Design in Java (Volume 2: Ptolemy II
  Software Architecture)". Technical report,  EECS
  Department, University of California, Berkeley,
  UCB/EECS-2008-29, April, 2008.

• BibTeX

  @techreport{BrooksLeeNeuendorfferZhaoZhengLiu08_HeterogeneousConcurrentModelingDesignInJavaVolume2,
      author = {Christopher Brooks and Edward A. Lee and Stephen
                Neuendorffer and Yang Zhao and Haiyang Zheng and
                Xiaojun Liu},
      title = {Heterogeneous Concurrent Modeling and Design in
                Java (Volume 2: Ptolemy II Software Architecture)},
      institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
      number = {UCB/EECS-2008-29},
      month = {April},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {This volume describes the software architecture of
                Ptolemy II. The first chapter covers the kernel
                package, which provides a set of Java classes
                supporting clustered graph topologies for models.
                Cluster graphs provide a very general abstract
                syntax for component-based modeling, without
                assuming or imposing any semantics on the models.
                The actor package begins to add semantics by
                providing basic infrastructure for data transport
                between components. The data package provides
                classes to encapsulate the data that is
                transported. It also provides an extensible type
                system and an interpreted expression language. The
                graph package provides graph-theoretic algorithms
                that are used in the type system and by schedulers
                in the individual domains. The model
                transformation package provides a mechanism to
                systematically transform models by means of graph
                rewriting. The plot package provides a visual data
                plotting utility that is used in many of the
                applets and applications. The codegen package is a
                templated based code generator similar to the
                Ptolemy Classic code generators. The copernicus
                package is a code generator that performs static
                analysis on Java class files to produce smaller,
                faster executable models. Volume 1 gives an
                introduction to Ptolemy II, including tutorials on
                the use of the software, and volume 3 describes
                the domains, each of which implements a model of
                computation.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/409.html}
  }
  

Posted by Christopher Brooks on 1 Apr 2008.
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