Citation
Christopher Brooks, Edward A. Lee, Xiaojun Liu, Stephen Neuendorffer, Yang Zhao, Haiyang Zheng. "Heterogeneous Concurrent Modeling and Design in Java (Volume 3: Ptolemy II Domains)". Technical report, EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, UCB/EECS-2008-30, April, 2008.

Abstract
This volume describes Ptolemy II domains. The domains implement models of computation, which are summarized in chapter 1. Most of these models of computation can be viewed as a framework for component-based design, where the framework defines the interaction mechanism between the components. Some of the domains (CSP, Rendezvous, DDE, and PN) are thread-oriented, meaning that the components implement Java threads. These can be viewed, therefore, as abstractions upon which to build threaded Java programs. These abstractions are much easier to use (much higher level) than the raw threads and monitors of Java. Others (CT, DE, SDF) of the domains implement their own scheduling between actors, rather than relying on threads. This usually results in much more efficient execution. The Giotto domain, which addresses real-time computation, is not threaded, but has concurrency features similar to threaded domains. The FSM domain is in a category by itself, since in it, the components are not producers and consumers of data, but rather are states. The non-threaded domains are described first, followed by FSM and Giotto, then the threaded domains followed by two newer domains, HDF and DDF. Volume 1 is an introduction to Ptolemy II, including tutorials on use of the software, and volume 2 describes the Ptolemy II software architecture.

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  ><i>Heterogeneous Concurrent Modeling and Design in
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  California, Berkeley, UCB/EECS-2008-30, April, 2008.

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  Christopher Brooks, Edward A. Lee, Xiaojun Liu, Stephen
  Neuendorffer, Yang Zhao, Haiyang Zheng. "Heterogeneous
  Concurrent Modeling and Design in Java (Volume 3: Ptolemy II
  Domains)". Technical report,  EECS Department,
  University of California, Berkeley, UCB/EECS-2008-30, April,
  2008.

• BibTeX

  @techreport{BrooksLeeLiuNeuendorfferZhaoZheng08_HeterogeneousConcurrentModelingDesignInJavaVolume3,
      author = {Christopher Brooks and Edward A. Lee and Xiaojun
                Liu and Stephen Neuendorffer and Yang Zhao and
                Haiyang Zheng},
      title = {Heterogeneous Concurrent Modeling and Design in
                Java (Volume 3: Ptolemy II Domains)},
      institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
      number = {UCB/EECS-2008-30},
      month = {April},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {This volume describes Ptolemy II domains. The
                domains implement models of computation, which are
                summarized in chapter 1. Most of these models of
                computation can be viewed as a framework for
                component-based design, where the framework
                defines the interaction mechanism between the
                components. Some of the domains (CSP, Rendezvous,
                DDE, and PN) are thread-oriented, meaning that the
                components implement Java threads. These can be
                viewed, therefore, as abstractions upon which to
                build threaded Java programs. These abstractions
                are much easier to use (much higher level) than
                the raw threads and monitors of Java. Others (CT,
                DE, SDF) of the domains implement their own
                scheduling between actors, rather than relying on
                threads. This usually results in much more
                efficient execution. The Giotto domain, which
                addresses real-time computation, is not threaded,
                but has concurrency features similar to threaded
                domains. The FSM domain is in a category by
                itself, since in it, the components are not
                producers and consumers of data, but rather are
                states. The non-threaded domains are described
                first, followed by FSM and Giotto, then the
                threaded domains followed by two newer domains,
                HDF and DDF. Volume 1 is an introduction to
                Ptolemy II, including tutorials on use of the
                software, and volume 2 describes the Ptolemy II
                software architecture.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/410.html}
  }
  

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