Session Types

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-316-51827-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 614 g

Session types are type-theoretic specifications of communication protocols in concurrent or distributed systems. By codifying the structure of communication, they make software more reliable and easier to construct. Over recent decades, the topic has become a large and active research area within the field of programming language theory and implementation. Written by leading researchers in the field, this is the first text to provide a comprehensive introduction to the key concepts of session types. The thorough theoretical treatment is complemented by examples and exercises, suitable for use in a lecture course or for self-study. It serves as an entry point to the topic for graduate students and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gay, Simon J.

Vasconcelos, Vasco T.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mathematik für Informatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Basic concepts; 3. Infinite behaviour; 4. Sharing; 5. Subtyping; 6. Algorithmic typing; 7. Functional programming; 8. Linear pi calculus with values; 9. Propositions as sessions; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Vasconcelos, Vasco T.
Vasco T. Vasconcelos is Professor at the Universidade de Lisboa. He co-authored one of the first papers on session types, for which he received the ETAPS Test of Time Award (2019).

Gay, Simon J.
Simon J. Gay is Professor and Head of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. He has co-edited two previous books: 'Semantic Techniques in Quantum Computation' (2010) and 'Behavioural Types: From Theory to Tools' (2017).