The pi-calculus: a Theory of Mobile Processes       Davide Sangiorgi David Walker INRIA Sophia Antipolis University of Oxford            Cambridge Universtity Press ,  2001

•  Table of contents (as postscript , or as  plain text )
•   Foreword  (by Robin Milner)
•   Preface
•   Index
•   CUP press display and order information
•   Amazon order information
•   Errata

Abstract
 

Mobile systems, whose components communicate and change their structure,
now pervade the informational world and the wider world of which it is a
part.  The science of mobile systems is as yet immature, however.
This book presents the pi-calculus, a theory of mobile systems.  The
pi-calculus provides a conceptual framework for understanding mobility, and
mathematical tools for expressing systems and reasoning about their
behaviours.
The book serves both as a reference for the theory and as an extended
demonstration of how to use pi-calculus to describe systems and analyse
their properties.  It covers the basic theory of pi-calculus, typed
pi-calculi, higher-order processes, the relationship between pi-calculus
and lambda-calculus, and applications of pi-calculus to object-oriented
design and programming.
The book is written at the graduate level, assuming no prior acquaintance
with the subject, and is intended for computer scientists interested in
mobile systems.