Petri's Axioms of Concurrency- A Selection of Recent Results

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Olaf Kummer

Mark-Oliver Stehr

چکیده

Concurrency theory, as developed by Carl Adam Petri, is an axiomatic theory of binary relations of concurrency (co) and causality (li). This work deals with interactions between axioms and studies properties of concurrency structures, the models of this theory. In contrast to other treatments concurrency theory will be investigated in its general form, which does not require an underlying partial order of causality. Some diiculties are illustrated by counterexamples and possible extensions of the original set of axioms are proposed and analyzed. Topics: Axiomatic theory of concurrency/causality.

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