Distributed Computation as Hierarchy
| dc.creator | Manthey, Michael | |
| dc.date | 1998-09-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:23:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:23:31Z | |
| dc.description | This paper presents a new distributed computational model of distributed systems called the phase web that extends V. Pratt's orthocurrence relation from 1986. The model uses mutual-exclusion to express sequence, and a new kind of hierarchy to replace event sequences, posets, and pomsets. The model explicitly connects computation to a discrete Clifford algebra that is in turn extended into homology and co-homology, wherein the recursive nature of objects and boundaries becomes apparent and itself subject to hierarchical recursion. Topsy, a programming environment embodying the phase web, is available from www.cs.auc.dk/topsy. | |
| dc.description | 16 pages, 3 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9809019 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9809019 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/32970 | |
| dc.subject | Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing | |
| dc.subject | Neural and Evolutionary Computing | |
| dc.subject | F.1; E.2; D.1; I.4 | |
| dc.title | Distributed Computation as Hierarchy | |
| dc.type | text |