Title :
A Petri net based visual programming language
Author :
Usher, Michelle ; Jackson, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Liverpool Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper presents a concurrent visual programming language based on Petri nets. Most concurrent visual programming languages address concurrency by extending a nonconcurrent paradigm and representation with additional control and synchronisation mechanisms and notation. It is argued here that clearer and more concise concurrent program representations are possible if the concurrency is inherent in the paradigm. The language described demonstrates that Petri nets provide such a paradigm.
Keywords :
Petri nets; concurrency control; visual languages; Petri net based visual programming language; concurrent program representations; concurrent visual programming language; nonconcurrent paradigm; nonconcurrent representation; synchronisation; Computational modeling; Computer languages; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Parallel programming; Petri nets; Thickness control; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4778-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1998.725393
