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Process algebra reconsidered

Paper is here. The following incorrect claim is not unusual in the process algebra literature. Basically, what is missing [in classical automata theory] is the notion of interaction: during the execution from initial state to fi nal state, a system may … Continue reading

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Process Algebra and classical automata

The long awaited process algebra paper is now finally available in PDF Reducing Process Algebra.

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Process algebra (updated)

The first part of a critique of process algebra is below.  This relates to the Recursion and State paper and explicatory blog entry where I show how to compose classical automata and define them “abstractly” and to a complaint about … Continue reading

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