Distributed Computation as Hierarchy
<|reference_start|>Distributed Computation as Hierarchy: This paper presents a new distributed computational model of distributed systems called the phase web that extends V. Pratt's orthocurrence relation from 1986. The model uses mutual-exclusion to express sequence, and a new kind of hierarchy to replace event sequences, posets, and pomsets. The model explicitly connects computation to a discrete Clifford algebra that is in turn extended into homology and co-homology, wherein the recursive nature of objects and boundaries becomes apparent and itself subject to hierarchical recursion. Topsy, a programming environment embodying the phase web, is available from www.cs.auc.dk/topsy.<|reference_end|>
@article{manthey1998distributed,
    title={Distributed Computation as Hierarchy},
    author={Michael Manthey},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/9809019},
    year={1998},
    number={Aalborg University, Computer Science Dept. R-98-5005},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cs/9809019},
    primaryClass={cs.DC cs.NE}
}