The DASH multi-dimensional array concept (NArray) is discussed as foundation, but the cited reference (publication on DASH from 2014) is wrong, it predates NArray. The paper is essentially replaced the 2020 publication on DASH:

DASH: Distributed Data Structures and Parallel Algorithms in a Global Address Space. Karl Fürlinger, José Gracia, Andreas Knüpfer, Tobias Fuchs, Denis Hünich, Pascal Jungblut, Roger Kowalewski, and Joseph Schuchart. In Software for Exascale Computing-SPPEXA

For full detail, the specific publication of the NArray concept:

A Multi-Dimensional Distributed Array Abstraction for PGAS. Tobias Fuchs and Karl Fürlinger. In Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2016)