The latest edition of a classic text on concurrency and distributed programming – from a winner of the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.
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Principles of Concurrent and
Distributed Programming
2nd Edition
M. Ben-Ari
The latest edition of a classic text from a winner of the ACM/SIGCSE
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.
Software today is inherently concurrent or distributed – from event-based GUI designs to operating and real-time systems to Internet applications. The new edition of this classic introduction to concurrency has been completely revised in view of the growing importance of concurrency
constructs embedded in programming languages and of formal methods
such as model checking that are widely used in industry.
The 2nd edition:
Ø Focuses on algorithmic principles rather than language syntax;
Ø Emphasizes the use of the Spin model checker for modeling concurrent systems and verifying program correctness;
Ø Explains the implementation of concurrency in the Java and Ada languages.
Ø Facilitates lab work with software tools for learning concurrent and distributed programming.
Check out the companion website for the book at www.pearson.co.uk/ben-ari to find additional resources for both students and instructors, including source code in various languages for the programs in the book, answers to the exercises, and slides for all diagrams, algorithms and programs.
About the Author
Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He is the author of texts on Ada, concurrent programming, programming languages, and mathematical logic, as well as Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science. In 2004 he was honored with the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.
About the Author
Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He is the author of texts on Ada, concurrent programming, programming languages, and mathematical logic, as well as Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science. In 2004 he was honored with the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.
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An excellent rigorous introduction,
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This review is from: Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming (Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science) (Paperback)
An excellent, rigorous, mathematical introduction to concurrent programming. This book concentrates on principles and theory, providing an excellent background for concurrent programming.
Readers expecting a tutorial on pthreads or win32 threads should look elsewhere. A calculus for reasoning about concurrent programming is presented, along with problems, solutions, and proofs for common concurrent programming concerns. A superb academic treatment of the topic, but not for the weak kneed.
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A good Introductory Book,
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This review is from: Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming (Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science) (Paperback)
A very good introductory text to concurrent programming, using something like pseudo-ada as the example language. It starts introducing the basics concepts, like deadlocks, starvation, contention, etc. There's a entire chapter for Semaphores and Another one for Monitors. So, it explores the folclorical problem of the Dinning Philosophers. Real paralell programming is discused too. There's special chapters for the Languages Linda, Ocan and Ada. It ends with a review of the Spartian Generals problem and a chapter about real time sistems
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Excellent book,
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This review is from: Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming (Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science) (Paperback)
Used this text at Stanford 5 years ago and was very happy with it. Now recommending to others. Oldie, but goodie.
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