Abelian crossed modules and strict Picard categories

In this paper, we state the notion of morphisms in the category of abelian crossed modules and prove that this category is equivalent to the category of strict Picard categories and regular symmetric monoidal functors. The theory of obstructions for symmetric monoidal functors and symmetric cohomology groups are applied to show a treatment of the group extension problem of the type of an abelian crossed module.

Braided equivariant crossed modules and cohomology of $Gamma $-modules

If $Gamma $ is a group, then braided $Gamma $-crossed modules are classified by braided strict $Gamma $-graded categorial groups. The Schreier theory obtained for $Gamma $-module extensions of the type of an abelian $Gamma $-crossed module is a generalization of the theory of $Gamma $-module extensions.