eprintid: 359 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 32 dir: disk0/00/00/03/59 datestamp: 2011-06-14 12:07:35 lastmod: 2011-07-11 14:36:27 status_changed: 2011-06-14 12:07:35 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: De Nicola, Rocco creators_name: Smolka, Scott A. creators_id: r.denicola@imtlucca.it creators_id: title: Concurrency: Theory and Practice ispublished: pub subjects: QA75 divisions: CSA full_text_status: none keywords: Abstraction, behavioral relations, concurrency theory, concurrent systems, interleaving, observations, true concurrency, Languages, Theory, Verification note: ACM id. 242290 abstract: Concurrency theory is concerned with the modeling and verification of concurrent systems, while concurrency practice promulgates the application of concurrency theory to concurrent systems of practical interest. We assert that a strong interplay between concurrency theory and practice is essential for the continued development of both fields. date: 1996 date_type: published publication: ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) - Special issue: position statements on strategic directions in computing research volume: 28 number: 4es publisher: ACM pagerange: 52 id_number: 10.1145/242224.242290 refereed: TRUE issn: 0360-0300 official_url: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/242224.242290 citation: De Nicola, Rocco and Smolka, Scott A. Concurrency: Theory and Practice. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) - Special issue: position statements on strategic directions in computing research, 28 (4es). p. 52. ISSN 0360-0300 (1996)