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On the abstract specification and formal analysis of synchronization properties of concurrent systems

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Mathematical Studies of Information Processing

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    M. W. Shields & P. E. Lauer

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Shields, M.W., Lauer, P.E. (1979). On the abstract specification and formal analysis of synchronization properties of concurrent systems. In: Blum, E.K., Paul, M., Takasu, S. (eds) Mathematical Studies of Information Processing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 75. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09541-1_21

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