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Comparison of Models of Computation 35 TABLE 4.3

MOC Origin MOC Main

Application

Chick
Mechanism

Orientation Time Communication

Method

Hierarchy

SOLAR FSM Control oriented Synchronous State No explicit

timings

Remote procedure call Yes

HCFSM/
Statecharts

FSM Control

oriented/
Reactive Real
time

Synchronous State Min/Max

time spent
in state

Instant broadcast Yes

CFSM FSM Control oriented Asynchronous State Events with

time
stamp

Events broadcast Yes

Discrete-Event N/A Real time Synchronous Timed Globally

sorted
events
with time
stamp

Wired signals No

HPN Petri Net Distributed Asynchronous Activity No explicit

timings

N/A Yes

SDF DFG Signal

processing

Synchronous Activity No explicit

timing

Unbounded FIFO Yes

ADF DFG Data oriented Asynchronous Activity No explicit

timing

Bounded FIFO Yes