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Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming: Algorithms and Models Paperback – 29 November 2005

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Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming provides an introduction to concurrent programming focusing on general principles and not on specific systems.

Software today is inherently concurrent or distributed – from event-based GUI designs to operating and real-time systems to Internet applications. This edition is an introduction to concurrency and examines the growing importance of concurrency constructs embedded in programming languages and of formal methods such as model checking.

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    032131283X
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    2
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    Addison Wesley
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    29 November 2005
  6. Language
    English
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    17.78 x 2.29 x 23.37 cm
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Principles of Concurrent and

Distributed Programming

2nd Edition

M. Ben-Ari

The latest edition of a classic text from a winner of the ACM/SIGCSE

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.

Software today is inherently concurrent or distributed – from event-based GUI designs to operating and real-time systems to Internet applications. The new edition of this classic introduction to concurrency has been completely revised in view of the growing importance of concurrency

constructs embedded in programming languages and of formal methods

such as model checking that are widely used in industry.

The 2nd edition:

Ø Focuses on algorithmic principles rather than language syntax;

Ø Emphasizes the use of the Spin model checker for modeling concurrent systems and verifying program correctness;

Ø Explains the implementation of concurrency in the Java and Ada languages.

Ø Facilitates lab work with software tools for learning concurrent and distributed programming.

Check out the companion website for the book at www.pearson.co.uk/ben-ari to find additional resources for both students and instructors, including source code in various languages for the programs in the book, answers to the exercises, and slides for all diagrams, algorithms and programs.

About the Author

Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He is the author of texts on Ada, concurrent programming, programming languages, and mathematical logic, as well as Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science. In 2004 he was honored with the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.

About the Author

Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He is the author of texts on Ada, concurrent programming, programming languages, and mathematical logic, as well as Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science. In 2004 he was honored with the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison Wesley; 2 edition (29 November 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 378 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 032131283X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321312839
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 2.29 x 23.37 cm
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Lorenzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo
Reviewed in Italy on 23 December 2015
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Libro ben fatto, scritto in modo chiaro e ben organizzato.

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Rafael Ferrer Sanchez
4.0 out of 5 stars Recomendado, conceptos bien explicados.
Reviewed in Spain on 31 December 2012
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Un libro excelente. Todo muy bien explicado y con ejercicios por hacer, lo único que he echado en falta ha sido un apartado con las soluciones a los ejercicios planteados.
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Bliacher Evgeniy
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent,Amazing Book
Reviewed in the United States on 12 December 2007
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This book is only one that I know where you can really study sinchronization method for parallel computing in deep in its mathametic ant strong logic proofs.

Realy AMAZING book
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1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid if possible
Reviewed in the United States on 18 May 2013
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This book is a poor choice for an introductory concurrency textbook. The concepts of concurrency and the mechanisms used to implement it are not that diffcult to understand, however, the author's overly terse and poorly presented core material renders an otherwise simple subject incomprehensible. Some chapter introductions read reasonably well; however the author routinely dismisses the completion of various proofs as trivial, rendering self-study virtually impossible if something is not clear. If the book is used in a course with a poor instructor, you'll waste a lot of time trying to learn from the book, and will need to find additional resources.

A primary drawback is the author's heavy reliance on mathematical proofs (admittedly a core part of proving concurrence works) is unsupported by an adequate quantity fully completed non-trivial proofs properly organized and documented to be suitable for teaching the process and logic the author used to reach a given conclusion. As with many mathematical texts, the author assumes that the audience, understands all of the steps he has skipped to get from A to B. The style is suitable for technical papers but not texts intended to teach the more abstract subject matter.

A second issue is the author's contrivance of a psuedo-code shorthand that is used throughout the book. While the psuedo code is reminiscent of many mathematical notations as well as the the pseudo code notation used in Knuth's 'The Art of Computer Programming', the teaching aspects would be better served by providing inline comments, and other cues that are generally expected in mordern software. Knuth's explanations are a benchmark in educational texts.

Bottom line plan to spend 3 to 5 times the amount of time you would ordinarily spend reading and understanding a textbook, and be happy if it takes you less time. If your a math genius who derived the Quadratic formula before your second brthday, who has with extensive experience with proofs and you don't mind seeing the word trivially every other sentence, then you can ignore this review. On the other hand, if that is not your background, you'll need to find alternative sources before you get stuck. I was lucky because I knew a good bit of the material going in to the course but trying to work with this book was a major time sink -- it might make a good reference in the future or I could use it to level the dog house -- I haven't decided yet.
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