Skip to Content
Concurrency: State Models and Java Programs
book

Concurrency: State Models and Java Programs

by Jeff Magee, Jeff Kramer
July 2006
Intermediate to advanced
434 pages
9h 24m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Concurrency: State Models and Java Programs

Preface

This book arose from concurrent programming courses taught by the authors at Imperial College London and from their experience with using concurrency in industrial applications. It was motivated by dissatisfaction with the lack of practical and accessible techniques that aid reasoning about designs for concurrent software.

Most courses and textbooks in this area are targeted at either the theory and formal methods aspects of concurrency or the practical aspects of concurrent programming and concurrency in operating systems. Due to the lack of a widely available concurrent programming language, textbooks had to resort to special purpose notations that could not easily be related by the reader to normal sequential programming practice. Two recent technical developments have made it possible to offer a practical and accessible approach to learning about concurrency and concurrent programming. First, model-checking tools have made the use of design models for concurrent behavior practical, informative and rewarding. Second, the availability and widespread use of Java has solved the problem of finding an accessible general purpose programming language with in-built concurrency constructs. As a result, this book offers a soundly-based systematic approach to the development of concurrent software which is supported by software tools, is interesting and fun to use, and can be used to develop practical concurrent programs.

What Can Readers Expect from this Book?

The book provides a ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Mastering Concurrency Programming with Java 8

Mastering Concurrency Programming with Java 8

Javier Fernández González
Reactive Systems in Java

Reactive Systems in Java

Clement Escoffier, Ken Finnigan

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780470093559Purchase book