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A Polynomial-Time Checkable Sufficient Condition for Deadlock-Freedom of Component-Based Systems

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Interaction systems are a formal model for component-based systems. Combining components via connectors to form more complex systems may give rise to deadlock situations. Deciding the existence of deadlocks is NP-hard as it involves global state analysis. We present here a parametrized polynomial-time algorithm that is able to confirm deadlock-freedom for a certain class of interaction systems. The discussion includes characteristic examples and displays the role of the parameter of the algorithm.

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Jan van Leeuwen Giuseppe F. Italiano Wiebe van der Hoek Christoph Meinel Harald Sack František Plášil

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Majster-Cederbaum, M., Martens, M., Minnameier, C. (2007). A Polynomial-Time Checkable Sufficient Condition for Deadlock-Freedom of Component-Based Systems. In: van Leeuwen, J., Italiano, G.F., van der Hoek, W., Meinel, C., Sack, H., Plášil, F. (eds) SOFSEM 2007: Theory and Practice of Computer Science. SOFSEM 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4362. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69507-3_77

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