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10.2 SR concepts

Time in the SR domain is a sequence of instants. In each instant, the system observes its inputs and computes its reaction to them. Each instant is assumed to take no time at all. All computation is treated as being instantaneous.

Communication in the SR domain takes place through unbuffered single driver, multiple receiver channels. In each instant, each channel may have a single event with a value, have no event, or be undefined, corresponding to the case where the system could not decide whether the channel had an event or not. Communication is instantaneous, meaning that if an event is emitted on a channel in a certain instant, every star connected to the channel will see the event in the same instant.



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