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Adam Cataldo, Edward A. Lee. "Composition Languages". Technical report, EECS Dept., University of California, Berkeley, 24, March, 2006; Found at: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-24.pdf.

Abstract
We propose composition languages as a way to specify actor-oriented models, or hierarchical networks of concurrent components which communicate with one another through ports. The key to composition languages is the ability to succinctly specify higher-order models. As an example, a higher-order model may be a distributed sort model. The model may be parameterized by a divide component (or model), a conquer component, and the respective numbers of divide and conquer components. A programmer will specify this higher-order model once and can then use it for an arbitrary number of components with arbitrary divide and conquer components. We believe composition languages will become increasingly important in actor-oriented design, since they will enable rapid development of large systems.

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  Adam Cataldo, Edward A. Lee. "Composition
  Languages". Technical report,  EECS Dept., University
  of California, Berkeley, 24, March, 2006; Found at:
  http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-24.pdf.

• BibTeX

  @techreport{CataldoLee06_CompositionLanguages,
      author = {Adam Cataldo and Edward A. Lee},
      title = {Composition Languages},
      institution = {EECS Dept., University of California, Berkeley},
      number = {24},
      month = {March},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Found at:
                http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-24.pdf},
      abstract = {We propose composition languages as a way to
                specify actor-oriented models, or hierarchical
                networks of concurrent components which
                communicate with one another through ports. The
                key to composition languages is the ability to
                succinctly specify higher-order models. As an
                example, a higher-order model may be a distributed
                sort model. The model may be parameterized by a
                divide component (or model), a conquer component,
                and the respective numbers of divide and conquer
                components. A programmer will specify this
                higher-order model once and can then use it for an
                arbitrary number of components with arbitrary
                divide and conquer components. We believe
                composition languages will become increasingly
                important in actor-oriented design, since they
                will enable rapid development of large systems.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/45.html}
  }
  

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