Actor model
MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF CONCURRENT COMPUTATION
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The actor model in computer science is a mathematical model of concurrent computation that treats actor as the universal primitive of concurrent computation. In response to a message it receives, an actor can: make local decisions, create more actors, send more messages, and determine how to respond to the next message received.