Actors
<theory> A model for concurrency by Carl Hewitt. Actors are autonomous
and concurrent objects which execute asynchronously. The Actor model provides
flexible mechanisms for building parallel and distributed software systems.
http://osl.cs.uiuc.edu/.
["Laws for Communicating Parallel Processes", C. Hewitt et al, IFIP 77, pp.
987-992, N-H 1977].
["ACTORS: A Model of Concurrent Computation in Distributed Systems", Gul A. Agha
<agha@cs.uiuc.edu>, Cambridge Press, MA, 1986].
(1999-11-23)
Nearby terms:
ACT ONE « Actor « actor « Actors »
actor/singer/waiter/webmaster » Actra » actual
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