Abstract
Parametrised replication and replication are common ways
of expressing infinite computation in process calculi. While parametrised
constants can be encoded using replication in the π-calculus, this changes
in the presence of spatial mobility as found in e.g. the distributed π-
calculus and the calculus of mobile ambients. Here, processes are located
at sites and can migrate between them.
In this paper we say that an encoding is local if it does not introduce
extra migration. We first study this property for the distributed
π-calculus where locations can be dynamically created. If the set of reachable
sites is static an encoding exists, but we also show that parametrised
constants can not be encoded in the full calculus. The locality requirement
supplements widely accepted encoding criteria. It appears to be a
natural property in spatial calculi where links and locations can fail.
The versions of the distributed π-calculus with parametrised constants
and replication are incomparable. On the other hand, we shall see that
there exists a simple encoding of recursion in mobile ambients.
Original language | English |
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Book series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Volume | 5521 |
Pages (from-to) | 123-142 |
ISSN | 0302-9743 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | COORDINATION 2009 - Lissabon, Portugal Duration: 9 Jun 2009 → 12 Jun 2009 |
Conference
Conference | COORDINATION 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Lissabon |
Period | 09/06/2009 → 12/06/2009 |
Keywords
- Process calculi
- Recursion
- Mobile ambients