TY - JOUR Y1 - 2000/// JF - Theoretical Computer Science IS - 1-2 PB - Elsevier A1 - De Nicola, Rocco A1 - Pugliese, Rosario SP - 389 VL - 238 KW - Concurrency; Asynchronous communications; Process algebras; Formal semantics AV - none TI - Linda-based applicative and imperative process algebras UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397599003394 SN - 0304-3975 N2 - The classical algebraic approach to the specification and verification of concurrent systems is tuned to distributed programs that rely on asynchronous communications and permit explicit data exchange. An applicative process algebra, obtained by embedding the Linda primitives for interprocess communication in a CCS/CSP-like language, and an imperative one, obtained from the applicative variant by adding a construct for explicit assignment of values to variables, are introduced. The testing framework is used to define behavioural equivalences for both languages and sound and complete proof systems for them are described together with a fully abstract denotational model (namely, a variant of Strong Acceptance Trees). ID - eprints337 EP - 437 ER -