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Knowledge Contribution
Contribution Type
is research makes an improvement type of knowledge contribution (see Figure2.5).
It is addressing a known problem—eectively using a multi-processor machine for
executing a single task. e reported research provides a new solution—a minimal
set of primitives in a programming language that include input, output, and a com-
mand based on the notion of Dijkstra’s guarded command.
Status of Design Theory
e following is an assessment of the contributed design science knowledge as a
design theory with respect to the prole shown in Table 2.2.
Core Components
◾ Purpose and Scope: Design of a simple solution—a minimal set of program-
ming primitives that can be us ...