Open Systems
This paper describes some problems and opportunities associated with conceptual modeling for the kind of "open systems" we foresee must and will be increasingly recognized as a central line of computer system development. Computer applications will be based on communication between...
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| author | Hewitt, Carl Jong, Peter de |
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| description | This paper describes some problems and opportunities associated with conceptual modeling for the kind of "open systems" we foresee must and will be increasingly recognized as a central line of computer system development. Computer applications will be based on communication between sub-systems which will have been developed separately and independently. Some of the reasons for independent development are the following: competition, different goals and responsibilities, economics, and geographical distribution. We must deal with all the problems that arise from this conceptual disparity of sub-systems which have been independently developed. Sub-systems will be open-ended and incremental ??dergoing continual evolution. There are no global objects. The only thing that all the various sub-systems hold in common is the ability to communicate with each other. In this paper we study Open Systems from the viewpoint of Message Passing Semantics, a research programme to explore issues in the semantics of communication in parallel systems such as negotiation, transaction management, problem solving, change, and self-knowledge. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/63702019-04-12T08:30:24Z Open Systems Hewitt, Carl Jong, Peter de This paper describes some problems and opportunities associated with conceptual modeling for the kind of "open systems" we foresee must and will be increasingly recognized as a central line of computer system development. Computer applications will be based on communication between sub-systems which will have been developed separately and independently. Some of the reasons for independent development are the following: competition, different goals and responsibilities, economics, and geographical distribution. We must deal with all the problems that arise from this conceptual disparity of sub-systems which have been independently developed. Sub-systems will be open-ended and incremental ??dergoing continual evolution. There are no global objects. The only thing that all the various sub-systems hold in common is the ability to communicate with each other. In this paper we study Open Systems from the viewpoint of Message Passing Semantics, a research programme to explore issues in the semantics of communication in parallel systems such as negotiation, transaction management, problem solving, change, and self-knowledge. 2004-10-04T14:53:49Z 2004-10-04T14:53:49Z 1982-12-01 AIM-691 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6370 en_US AIM-691 9849934 bytes 1516541 bytes application/postscript application/pdf application/postscript application/pdf |
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| title | Open Systems |
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| title_short | Open Systems |
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