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Thatched Partial Orders

Thatched Partial Orders
Thatched Partial Orders
A thatch is a type of partial ordering which is most naturally described as a geometric construction. The geometry of these constructions is outlined in this note. A wait-and-see concurrent process may include any number of sub-processes, each regarded as a separate thread of execution. However if at any point the process launches a collection of concurrent threads it must wait and see how they terminate before proceeding. Each sub-process may also launch further sub-processes, which are also subject to the wait and see restriction. A wait-and-see process can be regarded as a thatch. This note describes some interesting mathematical properties of thatching that are relevant to these concurrent processes.
Mitchell, Bill
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Mitchell, Bill
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Mitchell, Bill (2001) Thatched Partial Orders. (In Press)

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A thatch is a type of partial ordering which is most naturally described as a geometric construction. The geometry of these constructions is outlined in this note. A wait-and-see concurrent process may include any number of sub-processes, each regarded as a separate thread of execution. However if at any point the process launches a collection of concurrent threads it must wait and see how they terminate before proceeding. Each sub-process may also launch further sub-processes, which are also subject to the wait and see restriction. A wait-and-see process can be regarded as a thatch. This note describes some interesting mathematical properties of thatching that are relevant to these concurrent processes.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2001
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science, IT Innovation

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Local EPrints ID: 267412
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/267412
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Date deposited: 28 May 2009 13:49
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 08:49

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Author: Bill Mitchell

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