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A denotational semantics is given for a large subset of occam, a programming language for concurrent systems. The semantic domain used is a "failure-sets" model modified to allow machine states to be properly dealt with. The applications of the semantics are discussed briefly, and we see how the natural congruence induced by the semantics allows us to prove simple algebraic laws relating occam programs.
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Roscoe, A.W. (1985). Denotational semantics for occam. In: Brookes, S.D., Roscoe, A.W., Winskel, G. (eds) Seminar on Concurrency. CONCURRENCY 1984. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 197. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-15670-4_15
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