What COSY Is and What It Is For

Abstract

Concurrent systems abound in human experience but their fully adequate conceptualization as yet eludes our most able thinkers. Even the concurrent systems we construct on the basis of modern computer and communication technology continue to elude adequate conceptual analysis in general. However, our increasing dependence on ever more complex concurrent systems in the management and control of human affairs and activities increases the urgency for developing more adequate concepts to maintain reliable control over systems we have created.