ISBN: 0-8186-8105-5

Mary Shaw, Carnegie Mellon University

Paul Clements, Carnegie Mellon University

Rick Kazman, Carnegie Mellon University

Paul Clements, Carnegie Mellon University

Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University

Gregory Abowd, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Harald Gall, Technical University of Vienna

Mehdi Jazayeri, Technical University of Vienna

Rene Kloesch, Technical University of Vienna

Georg Trausmuth, Technical University of Vienna

Yun Jiang, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Math., Kurashiki Univ. of Sci. & the Arts, Okayama, Japan

A. Makinouchi, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Math., Kurashiki Univ. of Sci. & the Arts, Okayama, Japan

Jian-Cheng Dai, Inst. for Inf. Industry, Nat. Central Univ., Taipai, Taiwan

Gwo-Dong Chen, Inst. for Inf. Industry, Nat. Central Univ., Taipai, Taiwan

Chen-Chung Liu, Inst. for Inf. Industry, Nat. Central Univ., Taipai, Taiwan

Baw-Jiune Liu, Inst. for Inf. Industry, Nat. Central Univ., Taipai, Taiwan

Raymond A. Paul, Testing and Evaluation, 3000 Defense Pentagon, Washington DC 20301

T. L. Kunii, University of Aizu, Aizu Wakamatsu City, Fukushima 965-80, Japan

Y. Shinagawa, Department of Information Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

A. Ghafoor, School of Electrical and Comp. Engr., Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, 47907

L.B. Chen, National Chiao Tung University

I.C. Wu, National Chiao Tung University

P. Dewan, Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Richard P. Sinn, IBM Rochester

Chunbo Zhou, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Yamanashi Univ., Kofu, Japan

A. Imamiya, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Yamanashi Univ., Kofu, Japan

N.R. Howes, Inst. for Defense Anal., Alexandria, VA, USA

Xudong He, Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND, USA

Weili Yao, Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND, USA

S. Sheikh, Widener Univ., Chester, PA, USA

R. Ganesan, Widener Univ., Chester, PA, USA

Joo-Yong Kim, Seoul National University

Sang Hyuk Son, University of Virginia

Kern Koh, Seoul National University

O. A. Abulnaja, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

S. H. Hosseini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

K. Vairavan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Yeh-Ching Chung, Feng Chia University

Ching-Hsien Hsu, Feng Chia University

Ehab S. Al-Shaer, Old Dominion University

I.F. Chang, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Polytech. Univ., Hawthorne, NY, USA

Sung-Woo Chang, Dept. of Comput. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

Hyoung-Joo Kim, Dept. of Comput. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

A.A. Khwaja, Intel Corp., Chandler, AZ, USA

Gyu-Tae Kim, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Sung Deok Cha, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Doo-Hwan Bae, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Deron Liang, Inst. of Inf. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Win-Tsung Lo, Inst. of Inf. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Y.M. Kao, Inst. of Inf. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

S.M. Yuan, Inst. of Inf. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Yue-Shan Chang, Inst. of Inf. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

K.H. Kim, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA

C. Subbaraman, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA

Tien-Chen Ho, Department of Applied Mathematics National Chung Hsing University

Shang-Juh Kao, Department of Applied Mathematics National Chung Hsing University

Ing-Ray Chen

Tsong-Min Chen

Chiang Le

C.L. Chee, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

H. Lu, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

H. Tang, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

C.V. Ramamoorthy, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Devendra Kumar, The City University of New York

Amit Kohli, Tata Consultancy Services, India

Venkatasubramaniam Narayanswamy, Alltel Information Services

I-Ling Yen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

K. Karun, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

N.S. Eickelmann, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA

D.J. Richardson, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA

Chung-Horng Lung, Software Eng. Anal. Lab., Nortel Technol., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

C.U. Smith, Santa Fe, NM, USA

M. Jazayeri, Distributed Syst. Group, Tech. Univ. Vienna, Austria

Wei-Tek Tsai, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

G. Karsai, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

A. Misra, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

J. Sztipanovits, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

A. Ledeczi, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

M. Moore, Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

Hirotaka Hara, Software Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

Takahide Matsutsuka, Software Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

Nobuyuki Kanaya, Software Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

Takao Ookubo, Software Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

Sanya Uehara, Software Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

D.E. Cooke, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., El Paso, TX, USA

K. Vanderveen, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

C.V. Ramamoorthy, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Guoren Wang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Ge Yu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Bin Zhang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Huaiyuan Zheng, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University

Chih-Lin Hu, National Chengchi University

Hsian-Chou Liao

Ming-Feng Chen

Feng-Jian Wang

Jian-Cheng Dai

Victoria Hilford, University of Houston

Farokh B. Bastani, University of Houston

Bojan Cukic, West Virginia University

Wen Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology

Xiaoqing Frank Liu

Hungwen Lin

Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Hirofumi Terada, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Shinji Kusumoto, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Tohru Kikuno, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Eun Mi Kim, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Xiaoping Jia, DePaul University

A. K. Onoma, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Mutsumi Komuro, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Suganuma, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Akefumi Kumeta, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tsutomu Syomura, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Hirofumi Terada, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Shinji Kusumoto, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Tohru Kikuno, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Eun Mi Kim, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Hyoung Seok Hong, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Sung Deok Cha, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Yong Rae Kwon, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Chao-Tsun Chang, Inf. Center, GHQ, Taiwan

W.C. Chu, Inf. Center, GHQ, Taiwan

Chung-Shyan Liu, Inf. Center, GHQ, Taiwan

Hongji Yang, Inf. Center, GHQ, Taiwan

C. Hardy, Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Sunderland Univ., UK

H. Edwards, Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Sunderland Univ., UK

J.B. Thompson, Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Sunderland Univ., UK

Kiyoh Nakamura, FUJITSU

Yoshinobu Fujii, FUJITSU

Yukio Kiyokane, FUJITSU

Masami Nakamura, FUJITSU

Katsuhiko Hinenoya, FUJITSU

Yeo Hua Peck, FUJITSU

Siow Choon-Lian, FUJITSU

Robert A. Martin, The MITRE Corporation

T. Sano, Software Factory Dept., Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Japan

Wei-Tek Tsai, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Min-You Wu, State University of New York at Buffalo

Wei Shu, State University of New York at Buffalo

Karthikeyan Samuthiram, State University of New York at Buffalo

Kamalakar Karlapalem

Ishfaq Ahmad

Siu-Kai So

Yu-Kwong Kwok

Zhaohui Kevin Li, Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory Purdue University

Young Francis Day, Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory Purdue University

Husni Fahmi, Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory Purdue University

Arif Ghafoor, Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory Purdue University

Shunge Li, Purdue University

Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University

Jean-Francois Huard, Columbia University

Aurel A. Lazar, Columbia University

Mika Ohtsuki, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Kyushu University

Jun'ichi Segawa, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Kyushu University

Norihiko Yoshida, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Kyushu University

Akifumi Makinouchi, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Kyushu University

Takeiki Aizono, Systems Development Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd

Katumi Kawano, Systems Development Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd

Hiroshi Wataya, Omika Works, Hitachi, Ltd.

Kinji Mori, Tokyo Institute of Technolog

J.P. Bowen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Reading Univ., UK

M.G. Hinchey, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Reading Univ., UK

C.K. Chang, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Yi-Te Tseng, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Ugo Buy, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

E.E. Jacobsen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aalborg Univ., Denmark

B.B. Kristensen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aalborg Univ., Denmark

P. Nowack, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Soo-Hyun Park, LG R&D Complex, LG Information & Communication, Ltd.

Sang-Hoon Park, LG R&D Complex, LG Information & Communication, Ltd.

Doo-kwon Baik, Software System Lab. Korea University

Jae-Young Chang, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

Sang-Goo Lee, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

S.H. Son, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

R.C. Beckinger, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

D.A. Baker, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

V. Ng, Dept. of Comput., Hong Kong Polytech., Kowloon, Hong Kong

T. Kameda, Dept. of Comput., Hong Kong Polytech., Kowloon, Hong Kong

Sridevi Palacharla, Carleton University

Ahmed Karmouch, University of Ottawa Ottawa

Samy A. Mahmoud, Carleton University

Sheng-Yih Wang, Purdue University

Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University

Ramzi R. Yehia, Florida Atlantic University

Imad Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic University

Chia-Chu Chiang, Viasoft Inc.

Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State University

Jim-Min Lin, Feng Chia University, Taichung

X. Liu, Software Technology Research Laboratory De Montfort University, England

H. Yang, Software Technology Research Laboratory De Montfort University, England

H. Zedan, Software Technology Research Laboratory De Montfort University, England

K. Bohrer, Int. Business Machines, Rochester, MN, USA

V. Johnson, Int. Business Machines, Rochester, MN, USA

A. Nilsson, Int. Business Machines, Rochester, MN, USA

B. Rubin, Int. Business Machines, Rochester, MN, USA

K. Periyasamy

J. Chidambaram

Thomas Anantharaman, New York University

Bud Mishra, New York University

Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan ROC

William C. Chu, National Central University, Taiwan ROC

Jonathan Lee, National Central University, Taiwan ROC

Wei T. Huang, National Central University, Taiwan ROC

Chungti Liang, IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

B. Phelps, IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

J. Tan, IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Satoshi Kumagai, Advanced Technology Center, Yamatake-Honeywell Co., Ltd.

Shuzo Kishima, Advanced Technology Center, Yamatake-Honeywell Co., Ltd.

Kiyoshi Itoh, Sophia University

M. Aoyama, Dept. of Inf. & Electron. Eng., Niigata Inst. of Technol., Japan

C. Sashidhar, Concurrent Software Systems Lab University of Illinois at Chicago

S. M. Shatz, Concurrent Software Systems Lab University of Illinois at Chicago

Kann-Jang Yang, The University of Edinburgh

Rob Pooley, The University of Edinburgh

Herman Chung-Hwa Rao, AT&T Laboratories-Research

Ming-Feng Chen, National Chiao-Tung University

Feng-Jian Wang, National Chiao-Tung University

Yuh-Rong Leu, Network and Communication Lab, Institute for Information Industry

Chun-Lai Cheng, Network and Communication Lab, Institute for Information Industry

Ping-Jer Yeh, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Shyan-Ming Yuan, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

W. Lo, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

R.N. Smith

B. Mahesh

S. Bindiganavale

Satish Subramanian, Guidant Corporation, Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (CPI),

Masao J. Matsumoto, The University of Tsukuba

W.E. Howden, California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Jeffrey Voas, Reliable Software Technologies

Nashat Mansour, Lebanese American University

Khaled Fakih, McGill University

Richard A. DeMillo, Bellcore

Hsin Pan, IBM

Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue University

W. Eric Wong, Bellcore

Joseph R. Horgan, Bellcore

Aditya P. Mathur, Purdue University

Alberto Pasquini, ENEA

C. Stary, Dept. for Bus. Inf. Syst., Commun. Eng., Linz Univ., Austria

N. Vidakis, Dept. for Bus. Inf. Syst., Commun. Eng., Linz Univ., Austria

S. Mohacsi, Dept. for Bus. Inf. Syst., Commun. Eng., Linz Univ., Austria

M. Nagelholz, Dept. for Bus. Inf. Syst., Commun. Eng., Linz Univ., Austria

G.J.S. Chang, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

G. Patel, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

L. Relihan, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

J.T.L. Wang, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

Siew Hock Ow, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology University of Malaya

Mashkuri Hj. Yaacob, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology University of Malaya

Raimund K. Ege, Florida International University

J.K. Muller, Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Chao-Ju Hou, The Ohio State University

Ching-Chih Han, The Ohio State University

Yao-Min Chen, Fujitsu Laboratories of America

S.J. Huang, Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Vic., Australia

R. Lai, Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Vic., Australia

D. Cheung, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong

Chi-Hung Lee, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong

V. Ng, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong

V. Bharghavan, Coordinated Sci. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

V. Gupta, Coordinated Sci. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

W. Perrizo

Z. Zhang

S Krebsbach

Janet M. Drake, University of Northern Iowa

F.M. Hall, Independent Eng. Inc., USA

D.S. Lucero, Army Oper. Test & Evaluation Command, USA

C.B. Tichenor

Jerry Gao, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Global Software Technology Division

Cris Chen, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Global Software Technology Division

Yasufumi Toyoshima, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Global Software Technology Division

David Leung, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Global Software Technology Division

Kuo-Chung Tai, North Carolina State University

Fonda J. Daniels, North Carolina State University

T.Y. Chen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia

M.F. Lau, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia

V. Shah, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

S. Bhattacharya, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Brian Ness, Cray Research

Viet Ngo, Cray Research

A. Ohnishi, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kyoto, Japan

N. Tokuda, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kyoto, Japan

A. von Mayrhauser, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

A.M. Vans, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

T. Williams, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Eau Claire, WI, USA

J. Tan, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Eau Claire, WI, USA

Chungti Liang, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Eau Claire, WI, USA

Lijun Dong, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Missouri Univ., Rolla, MO, USA

Jiafu Xu, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Missouri Univ., Rolla, MO, USA

M. Shroff, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

R.B. France, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

Suan-Suan Chew, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Kok-Leong Ng, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Chye-Lin Chee, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Zhaoxia (Connie) Huang, University of New Orleans

Shengxi (Sunny) Zhou, University of New Orleans

Shengru Tu, University of New Orleans

J.R. Bindas, Intel Corp., USA

Devendra Kumar, The City University of New York

Sitharam S. Iyengar, Louisiana State University

T. Yamaura, Hitachi Software Eng. Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan