Reaction graph
Reaction Graph

The paper proposes reaction graphs as graphical representations of computational objects.A reaction graph is a directed graph with all its arrows and some of its nodes labeled. Compu-tations are modeled by graph rewriting of a simple nature. The basic rewriting rules embodythe essence of both the communications among processes and cut-eliminations in proofs. Cal-culi of graphs are identified to give a formal and algebraic account of reaction graphs in thespirit of process algebra. With the help of the calculi, it is demonstrated that reaction graphscapture many interesting aspects of computations.