Coalition, intrigue, ambush, destruction and pride: Herding cats can be challenging

Abstract

Herding cats can lead to coalition (of cheetahs), intrigue (of kittens), ambush (of tigers), destruction (of wild cats) or pride (of lions). In this tutorial, I will present the cat language to write consistency models as a set of constraints on the executions of concurrent programs. A cat model can be executed within the herd tool [3], which I will use during the tutorial.