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Concurrent object-oriented computing, a relatively new and rapid growing field, is the inevitable integration of object-oriented programming and concurrent computing technology. Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming is a programming methodology in which the system to be constructed is modeled as a collection of concurrently executable objects interacting by means of message passing. It is a powerful design methodology for modeling and implementing complex, concurrent systems [2,16,17,22]. Concurrency usually introduces non-deterministic behavior to concurrent computation within object systems. A synchronization mechanism is often required to ensure the proper coordination of communicating software components and to determine what operations can be done at a given time. It permits the specification of conditions by which all the concerned parties can perform their designated tasks in a synchronized fashion.
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Huang, EH., Elrad, T. (1998). Race Scheduling Controls for Object Systems. In: Orlowska, M.E., Zicari, R. (eds) OOIS’97. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1525-0_23
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