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W.M. Beynon, M. Slade and Y.P. Yung, Protocol Specification in Concurrent Systems Software Development (September 1, 1990).
A protocol specification technique that relates concurrent system behaviour to agent activity and interaction at a high level of abstraction is described. This exploits a concurrent programming technique based on a synthesis of two new programming paradigms: "agent-oriented" and "definition-based" programming. Application of the method to modelling and simulation activity at a railway station is described. Its potential for concurrent systems software requirements specification is assessed.