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The Spacetub Models and Framework

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Coordination Models and Languages (COORDINATION 2002)

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Spacetub is a framework to model a variety of coordination languages from the Linda family and a testbed for experimentation with them.We describe the design of the framework derived from a comparative analysis of a set of language, its structure and its initial implementation.

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  1. Fakultät IV Informatik, iVS, TU Berlin, Sekr. EN6, Einsteinufer 17, D-10587, Berlin, Germany

    Robert Tolksdorf

  2. Fakultät IV Informatik, FLP/KIT, TU Berlin, Sekr. FR 6-10, Franklinstr. 28/29, D-10587, Berlin, Germany

    Gregor Rojec-Goldmann

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  1. Software Engineering Department, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Kruislaan 413, 1098, SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Farhad Arbab

  2. SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    Carolyn Talcott

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Tolksdorf, R., Rojec-Goldmann, G. (2002). The Spacetub Models and Framework. In: Arbab, F., Talcott, C. (eds) Coordination Models and Languages. COORDINATION 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2315. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46000-4_32

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