Spatial Organization of the Chemical Paradigm and the Specification of Autonomic Systems

  • Jean-Louis Giavitto
  • Olivier Michel
  • Antoine Spicher
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Abstract

The chemical paradigm is an unconventional programming paradigm well fitted to the high-level specification of parallel systems. Based on the fixed point iterations of local rules, its use has been advocated for the programming of autonomic and amorphous systems. However, this model lacks an explicit handling of spatial relationships.

In this contribution, we first show how the chemical paradigm can be extended beyond multisets to arbitrary topological collections. Topological collections handle in a uniform way sophisticated data structures required in algorithmics as well as distributed data structures needed for the programming of autonomic or amorphous systems. Then we adapt a well-known result on multiset ordering to the more general case of topological collections. Well-founded ordering on topological collection can be used to prove the termination of the fixed point iteration of local rules.

Keywords

Autonomic System Spatial Organization Cayley Graph Local Rule Autonomic Computing 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jean-Louis Giavitto
    • 1
  • Olivier Michel
    • 1
    • 2
  • Antoine Spicher
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.IBISC FRE 3190 CNRS, Université d’Evry, GenopoleEvryFrance
  2. 2.LACL EA 4213 Université Paris 12 (Paris Est)CréteilFrance
  3. 3.LORIA UMR 7503 INRIA, CNRS, INPL, UHP, Nancy 2Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy CedexFrance

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