We define the cohomology categorical groups of a complex of symmetric categorical groups, and we construct a long 2-exact sequence from an extension of complexes. As special cases, we obtain Ulbrich cohomology of Picard categories and the Hattori-Villamayor-Zelinsky sequences associated with a ring homomorphism. Applications to simplicial cohomology with coefficients in a symmetric categorical group, and to derivations of categorical groups are also discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
del Rio, A., Martinez-Moreno, J., & Vitale, E. (2005). Chain complexes of symmetric categorical groups. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 196(2-3), 279-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpaa.2004.08.029 (Original work published 2005)