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A Probabilistic BPEL-Like Language

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Exception and failure are the typical phenomena of the execution of long-running transactions. To capture the random features of internet-based computing, this paper investigates a BPEL-like language which is enriched with probabilistic choice operator. We extend the standard design model [12] with the new healthiness conditions to accommodate the coordination and compensation mechanisms of the language.

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  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Trustworthy Computing, East China Normal University, China

    He Jifeng

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    Shengchao Qin

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Jifeng, H. (2010). A Probabilistic BPEL-Like Language. In: Qin, S. (eds) Unifying Theories of Programming. UTP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6445. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16690-7_3

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