Ptolemy Project: heterogeneous modeling and design
If you think you have heard me use the name Ptolemy in this blog, you would be correct. Not the same one, Ptolemy V, whose decree was recorded on the Rosetta Stone. See: An Early Example of Collocation. There are even earlier multi-lingual texts, I need to track down good images of them and do a post about them.
Back to the Ptolemy Project. Webpage reads in part:
The Ptolemy project studies modeling, simulation, and design of concurrent, real-time, embedded systems. The focus is on assembly of concurrent components. The key underlying principle in the project is the use of well-defined models of computation that govern the interaction between components. A major problem area being addressed is the use of heterogeneous mixtures of models of computation. A software system called Ptolemy II is being constructed in Java….
One of their current research thrusts:
Abstract semantics: Domain polymorphism, behavioral type systems, meta-modeling of semantics, comparative models of computation.
BTW, this is the core engine for the Kepler project.