AbstractInteraction diagrams are graphic representations of concurrent processes with evolving access capabilities; in particular they illustrate the points of access and relations between them. The basic step of computation is the migration of an access point between processes. This paper explains interaction diagrams through a sequence of examples. Diagrams can be regarded as graphic counterparts of terms in the pi-calculus and illuminate some interesting points on its construction.
Categories and Subject Descriptors: F.1.1 [Computation by Abstract Devices]: Models of Computation; F.1.2 [Computation by Abstract Devices]: Modes of Computation; F.3.3 [Logics and Meanings of Programs]: Studies of Program Constructs
Additional Key Words and Phrases: concurrency, graphic representation, pi-calculus, access migration
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