The Actor Model

Abstract

The objective of the Actor Model project is to contribute to the science of large scale concurrent systems and the technology which is enabled by this science. This work is based on the Actor Model, a universal paradigm for concurrent computation in which primitive computational entities (actors) communicate by passing messages. The inherent concurrency, reconfigurability, and asynchronous nature of the actor paradigm make it ideally suited for modeling and constructing sophisticated large scale concurrent systems on general purpose concurrent computers. This actor paradigm can also be used as a foundation for study and implementing other diverse concurrency paradigms. The Actor Model project involves study of the Actor model, implementation of a prototype Actor language (Acore), and study of large scale experimental actor systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA260196

Entities

People

  • Carl Hewitt

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Compilers
  • Complex Systems
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Debugging
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Models
  • Multithreading
  • Organizational Structure
  • Semantics
  • Systems Science

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.