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We will define the independent composition ‖ of specifications P and Q so that P‖Q (pronounced “ P parallel Q ”) is satisfied by a computer that behaves according to P and at the same time, in parallel, according to Q. The operands of ‖ are called processes.
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Hehner, E.C.R. (1993). Concurrency. In: A Practical Theory of Programming. Texts and Monographs in Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8596-5_8
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