Higher-Order Chemical Programming Style Export

@incollection{citeulike:2889981, abstract = {The chemical reaction metaphor describes computation in terms of a chemical solution in which molecules interact freely according to reaction rules. Chemical solutions are represented by multisets of elements and reactions by rewrite rules which consume and produce new elements according to conditions. The chemical programming style allows to write many programs in a very elegant way. We go one step further by extending the model so that rewrite rules are themselves molecules. This higher-order extension leads to a programming style where the implementation of new features amounts to adding new active molecules in the solution representing the system. We illustrate this style by specifying an autonomic mail system with several self-managing properties.}, author = {Ban\^{a}tre, J. P. and Fradet, P. and Radenac, Y.}, citeulike-article-id = {2889981}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11527800_7}, doi = {10.1007/11527800_7}, journal = {Unconventional Programming Paradigms}, keywords = {chemical-abstract-machine, gamma-model, multiset}, pages = {84--95}, posted-at = {2008-06-12 21:08:23}, priority = {0}, title = {Higher-Order Chemical Programming Style}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11527800_7}, year = {2005} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:2889981 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2889981 N2 - The chemical reaction metaphor describes computation in terms of a chemical solution in which molecules interact freely according to reaction rules. Chemical solutions are represented by multisets of elements and reactions by rewrite rules which consume and produce new elements according to conditions. The chemical programming style allows to write many programs in a very elegant way. We go one step further by extending the model so that rewrite rules are themselves molecules. This higher-order extension leads to a programming style where the implementation of new features amounts to adding new active molecules in the solution representing the system. We illustrate this style by specifying an autonomic mail system with several self-managing properties. JF - Unconventional Programming Paradigms EP - 95 TI - Higher-Order Chemical Programming Style SP - 84 KW - chemical-abstract-machine KW - gamma-model KW - multiset AU - Banâtre, JP AU - Fradet, P AU - Radenac, Y PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11527800_7 ER -