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Using structured occurrence graphs, we present an operational characterisation of the atomicity of activities. Broadly, activities are defined to occur atomically if they do not interleave with each other. We discuss our characterisation and use it as a starting point for the discussion of implementation issues and the problem of incorporating atomic actions into a concurrent programming language. We finally examine the use of structured occurrence graphs in connection with techniques for error recovery in decentralised systems.
Author(s): Best E
Series Editor(s): Shaw B
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Computing Laboratory Technical Report Series
Year: 1980
Pages: 34
Print publication date: 01/01/1980
Source Publication Date: January 1980
Report Number: 147
Institution: Computing Laboratory, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
