Citation
Edward A. Lee. "An Overview of Concurrent Models of Computation for Real-Time Systems". Talk or presentation, 20, August, 2007; Tutorial at the ARTES Summer School, Sweden.

Abstract
This tutorial describes a family of concurrent models of computation with properties that are better suited to real-time systems than the standard multithreaded techniques used in mainstream software engineering. The approach is based on software components that are "actor-oriented" (contrasted with "object-oriented"), where components are conceptually concurrent and communicate through one of several messaging schemas. This talk describes the principles of actor-oriented design, including common features across models of computation, such as abstract syntax and type systems, and features that differ across models of computation, such concurrent threads of control and messaging schemas. Mechanisms that support the use of heterogeneous mixtures of models of computation are also described. The particular focus will be on suitability of these models for real-time systems, including distributed real-time systems. The Ptolemy II system, which is the experimental framework used to experiment with actor-oriented design, will be described and used to illustrate key points. The Ptolemy Project at UC Berkeley is part of Chess, the Berkeley Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems. Details can be found at http://ptolemy.org.

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  Edward A. Lee. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/886.html"
  ><i>An Overview of Concurrent Models of Computation
  for Real-Time Systems</i></a>, Talk or
  presentation,  20, August, 2007; Tutorial at the ARTES
  Summer School, Sweden.

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  Edward A. Lee. "An Overview of Concurrent Models of
  Computation for Real-Time Systems". Talk or
  presentation,  20, August, 2007; Tutorial at the ARTES
  Summer School, Sweden.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{Lee07_OverviewOfConcurrentModelsOfComputationForRealTimeSystems,
      author = {Edward A. Lee},
      title = {An Overview of Concurrent Models of Computation
                for Real-Time Systems},
      day = {20},
      month = {August},
      year = {2007},
      note = {Tutorial at the ARTES Summer School, Sweden},
      abstract = {This tutorial describes a family of concurrent
                models of computation with properties that are
                better suited to real-time systems than the
                standard multithreaded techniques used in
                mainstream software engineering. The approach is
                based on software components that are
                "actor-oriented" (contrasted with
                "object-oriented"), where components are
                conceptually concurrent and communicate through
                one of several messaging schemas. This talk
                describes the principles of actor-oriented design,
                including common features across models of
                computation, such as abstract syntax and type
                systems, and features that differ across models of
                computation, such concurrent threads of control
                and messaging schemas. Mechanisms that support the
                use of heterogeneous mixtures of models of
                computation are also described. The particular
                focus will be on suitability of these models for
                real-time systems, including distributed real-time
                systems. The Ptolemy II system, which is the
                experimental framework used to experiment with
                actor-oriented design, will be described and used
                to illustrate key points. The Ptolemy Project at
                UC Berkeley is part of Chess, the Berkeley Center
                for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems. Details
                can be found at http://ptolemy.org.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/886.html}
  }
  

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