ACTORS
\ˈaktəz], \ˈaktəz], \ˈa_k_t_ə_z]\
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A model for concurrency by Carl Hewitt. Actorsare autonomous and concurrent objects which executeasynchronously. The Actor model provides flexiblemechanisms for building parallel and distributed softwaresystems. (http://osl.cs.uiuc.edu/).["Laws for Communicating Parallel Processes", C. Hewitt et al,IFIP 77, pp. 987-992, N-H 1977].["ACTORS: A Model of Concurrent Computation in DistributedSystems", Gul A. Agha , Cambridge Press, MA,1986].
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