The Pi-Calculus: A Theory of Mobile Processes

by Davide Sangiorgi, David Walker, David Walker

Book Overview

Mobile systems, whose components communicate and change their structure, now pervade the informational world and the wider world of which it is a part. The science of mobile systems is as yet immature, however. This book presents the pi-calculus, a theory of mobile systems. The pi-calculus provides a conceptual framework for understanding mobility, and mathematical tools for expressing systems and reasoning about their behaviours. The book serves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521543274
• ISBN13: 9780521543279
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.7"