Reconfiguration and module replacement in Argus: theory and practice
Reconfiguration and module replacement in Argus: theory and practice
- Author(s): Bloom Toby and Day Mark
- DOI: 10.1049/sej.1993.0014
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- Author(s): Bloom Toby 1 and Day Mark 2
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Affiliations:
1: Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, USA
2: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT, Cambridge, USA
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Affiliations:
1: Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, USA
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Volume 8, Issue 2,
March 1993,
p.
102 – 108
DOI: 10.1049/sej.1993.0014 , Print ISSN 0268-6961, Online ISSN 2053-910X
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Early work on reconfiguration of distributed applications was carried out as part of the Argus project at MIT. In this paper, we review that work, focusing on correctness conditions and on alternative implementations, and discuss lessons learnt, not only about the reconfiguration system, but also about language design for supporting reconfigurable systems.
Inspec keywords: high level languages; distributed processing; program verification
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Subjects: Programming and algorithm theory; High level languages; Distributed systems software; Software engineering techniques
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