A Heterogeneous Characterisation of Component-Based System Design in a Categorical Setting

In component-based design, components and communication mechanisms have a different nature; while the former represent the agents that cooperate to fulfill a certain goal, the latter formalise the communication mechanism through which these agents interact. A proper formalisation of the heterogeneity that arises from this difference requires one to employ the most adequate formalism for each of the parts of a specification and then proceed to …