ISBN: 0-7695-1727-7

Terrence M. S. Heng, Motorola Global Software Group

Jung-Hua Lo, National Taiwan University

Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University

Michael R. Lyu, National Taiwan University

Chin-Yu Huang, National Taiwan University

R. Depke, University of Paderborn

G. Engels, University of Paderborn

S. Thöne, University of Paderborn

M. Langham, S&N AG

B. Lütkemeier, S&N AG

Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Dov Dori, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Shmuel Katz, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Stuart Anderson, University of Edinburgh

Massimo Felici, University of Edinburgh

Stuart Thomason, Keele University

Pearl Brereton, Keele University

Ana Belén Barragáns-Martínez, University of Vigo

Jorge García-Duque, University of Vigo

José J. Pazos-Arias, University of Vigo

Ana Fernández-Vilas, University of Vigo

Rebeca P. Díaz-Redondo, University of Vigo

Claudine Toffolon, Littoral University

Salem Dakhli, Paris-Dauphine University

Carla A. Lima Reis, Universidade Federal do Par? and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Rodrigo Quites Reis, Universidade Federal do Par? and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Heribert Schlebbe, Universit?t Stuttgart

Daltro J. Nunes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Rob J. Kusters, Eindhoven University of Technology and Open University

Jos J.M. Trienekens, Eindhoven University of Technology

Wilmar Hassoldt, ING

Frank Lüders, ABB Automation Technology Products AB

Ivica Crnkovic, M?lardalen University

Andreas Sjögren, M?lardalen University

S. H. Yang, Loughborough University

L. S. Tan, Central China Normal University

X. Chen, Loughborough University

Tom Thurston, University of Essex

Huosheng Hu, University of Essex

J. Bowen, South Bank University

K. Bogdanov, University of Sheffield

J. Clark, University of York

M. Harman, Brunel University

R. Hierons, Brunel University

P. Krause, Philips Research Laboratories and University of Surrey

S. C. Cheung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hanif Curreem, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Marco Avvenuti, Universit? di Pisa

Alessio Vecchio, Universit? di Pisa

Pi-Chung Wang, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Wei-Chun Tseng, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Chia-Tai Chan, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Yaw-Chung Chen, National Chiao-Tung University

Stanisław Szejko, Technical University of Gdańsk

Houari A. Sahraoui, Universit? de Montr?al

Mounir Boukadoum, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al

Hassan M. Chawiche, Universit? de Montr?al

Gang Mai, Universit? de Montr?al

Mohamed Serhani, Universit? de Montr?al

Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University

Yanlong Zhang, Oxford Brookes University

Qingning Huo, Oxford Brookes University

Sue Greenwood, Oxford Brookes University

Wuwei Shen, Western Michigan University

Kevin Compton, University of Michigan

James Huggins, Kettering University

Stephan Bourduas, Concordia University

Ferhat Khendek, Concordia University

Daniel Vincent, France Telecom R&D

Sadahiro Isoda, Toyohashi University of Technology

Harry M. Sneed, Universit?t Regensburg and CaseConsult GmbH

C. H. Ngai, Chinese University of Hong Kong

P. W. Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Edward Yau, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Michael R. Lyu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Daniel Gayo Avello, University of Oviedo

Darío Álvarez Gutiérrez, University of Oviedo

Yuping Yang, Heriot-Watt University

M. Howard Williams, Heriot-Watt University

Chia-Chen Kuo, National Taiwan University

Ping Ting, National Taiwan University

Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University

Jeng-Chun Chen, Philips Research East Asia

S. Neogy, Jadavpur University

A. Sinha, Jadavpur University

P. K. DAS, Jadavpur University

S.S. Yau, Arizona State University

M. Boasson, University of Amsterdam and Quarendo Invenietis b.v.

W. C. Chu, TungHai University, ZeN Technologies Co., Ltd. and Flowing Ring Technologies Co., Ltd.

D. Simmons, Texas A&M University and The Software Commercialization and Innovation Center Incorporated

Frederick T. Sheldon, Washington State University

Kshamta Jerath, Washington State University

Young-Jik Kwon, Daegu University

Young-Wook Baik, Daegu University

Amjad Hudaib, Universit? di Pisa

Carlo Montangero, Universit? di Pisa

Atsushi Ohnishi, Ritsumeikan University

Zhang Hong Hui, Ritsumeikan University

Hiroshi Fujimoto, Ritsumeikan University

Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University

Yu Wang, Arizona State University

Fariaz Karim, Arizona State University

W. Zhao, University of California at Santa Barbara

L. E. Moser, University of California at Santa Barbara

P. M. Melliar-Smith, University of California at Santa Barbara

Shengru Tu, University of New Orleans

Gongqin Li, OTIS, Inc.

Paul Augustin, NOLA Computer Service

J Barrie Thompson, University of Sunderland

Marie-Pierre Gervais, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 and Universit? Paris X

M. Casassa Mont, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

A. Baldwin, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Y. Beres, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

K. Harrison, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

M. Sadler, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

S. Shiu, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Sergey Baranov, Motorola, GSG-Russia

Vsevolod Kotlyarov, Motorola, GSG-Russia

Julia Kapitonova, ISS¹, Ukraine

Alexander Letichevsky, ISS¹, Ukraine

Vladislav Volkov, ISS¹, Ukraine

Jian-Wei Wang, National Chiao Tung University

Ta-Chun Lin, National Chiao Tung University

Huai-Jong Hsu, Flowring Technology Corp.

Feng-Jian Wang, National Chiao Tung University

Joachirn Wegener, DairnlerChrysler AG

André Baresel, DairnlerChrysler AG

Harrnen Sthamer, DairnlerChrysler AG

Masahiro Yamamoto, Hosei University

Hiroshi Suganuma, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Norikazu Kijima, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Nii, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Kinya Nakamura, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Takeo Imai, Toshiba Corporation

Yoshio Kataoka, Toshiba Corporation

Tetsuji Fukaya, Toshiba Corporation

W. Eric Wong, University of Texas at Dallas

Swapna S. Gokhale, Telcordia Technology

Joseph R. Horgan, Telcordia Technology

Miguel Goulão, FCT/UNL

Fernando Brito e Abreu, FCT/UNL

W. T. Tsai, Arizona State University

Y. Na, Arizona State University

R. Paul, Department of Defense

F. Lu, Arizona State University

A. Saimi, Hitachi Software Engineering

T. Y. Chen, Swinburne University of Technology

Jianqiang Feng, University of Hong Kong

T. H. Tse, University of Hong Kong

R. M. Hierons, Brunel University

T.-H. Kim, University of Ottawa

H. Ural, University of Ottawa

J. B. Thompson, University of Sunderland

C. K. Chang, University of Illinois at Chicago

S. Rogerson, De Montfort University

M. Ryan, Dublin City University

D. B. Simmons, Texas A&M University

T. H. Tse, University of Hong Kong

Yoga Sivagurunathan, KW International

Mark Harman, Brunel University

Bala Sivagurunathan, University of North London

M. P. Ward, De Montfort University

Robert John Walters, University of Southampton

Rodrigo Quites Reis, Universidade Federal do Par? and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Carla A. Lima Reis, Universidade Federal do Par? and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Heribert Schlebbe, Universit?t Stuttgart

Daltro José Nunes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Manoranjan Satpathy, University of Reading

Rachel Harrison, University of Reading

Gwen Salaün, University of Nantes

Michel Allemand, University of Nantes

Christian Attiogbé, University of Nantes

Emilia Mendes, University of Auckland

Nile Mosley, MXM Technology

Steve Counsell, University of London

Yang Li, BTexact Technologies

Zhan Cui, BTexact Technologies

Hongji Yang, De Montfort University

Hewijin C. Jiau, National Cheng Kung University

V. S. Alagar, Concordia University

O. Ormandjieva, Concordia University

Ian Warren, Lancaster University

Jane Ransom, Lancaster University

E. Merlo, École Polytechnique de Montréal

M. Dagenais, École Polytechnique de Montréal

P. Bachand, École Polytechnique de Montréal

J. S. Sormani, École Polytechnique de Montréal

S. Gradara, University of Sannio

G. Antoniol, University of Sannio

Christos Tjortjis, UMIST

Nicolas Gold, UMIST

Paul Layzell, UMIST

Keith Bennett, University of Durham

Markku Sääksjärvi, Helsinki School of Economics

Philippe Roose, LIUPPA, IUT Bayonne

Marc Dalmau, LIUPPA, IUT Bayonne

Franck Luthon, LIUPPA, IUT Bayonne

Feng Chen, Peking University

Qianxiang Wang, Peking University

Hong Mei, Peking University

Fuqing Yang, Peking University

Tony Hoare, Microsoft Research

Dave McComb, Semantic Arts

Simon Robe, Semantic Arts

Simon Hoare, Semantic Arts

Stew Crawford-Hines, Institute for Zero Defect Software

Tim Stanbrook, Motorola Ltd

He Guo, Dalian University of Technology

Feng Chen, Dalian University of Technology

Yuxin Wang, Dalian University of Technology

Yuanyuan Sun, Huachang Electrics & Communication Co., Ltd.

David N. Card, Software Productivity Consortium

Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra Oliveira, Universidade da Amaz?nia

Alexandre Marcos Lins de Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Ana Cristina Rouiller, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Giuseppe Antonio Di Lucca, Università di Napoli Federico II

Massirniliano Di Penta, Università del Sannio

Anna Rita Fasolino, Università di Napoli Federico II

Choochart Haruechaiyasak, University of Miami

Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University

Xiuqi Li, Florida Atlantic University

Jay van Zyl, Rubico Products (Pty) Ltd,

Ahmed Elfatatry, UMIST

Paul Layzell, UMIST

Adrian Baldwin, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Simon Shiu, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Marco Casassa Mont, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Teruyoshi Zenmyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Helene Arfaoui, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Kinji Mori, Tokyo Institute of Technology

S. Rogerson, De Montfort University

A. Adam, University of Salford

N. Copp, Consignia

J. Leighfield, CBE, Former Chairman of ISTEL

S. Szejko, Technical University of Gdansk

Alessandro Bianchi, University of Bari

Danilo Caivano, University of Bari

Giuseppe Visaggio, University of Bari

V. S. Kharchenko, National Aerospace University

O. M. Tarasyuk, National Aerospace University

V. V. Sklyar, National Aerospace University

V. Yu. Dubnitsky, National Aerospace University

C. J. Harrison, UMIST

O. M. Sallabi, UMIST

Jinmin Hu, University of Twente

Paul Grefen, University of Twente

P. D. Johnson, De Montfort University

Avraam Chimaris, University of Cyprus

George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus

Jim-Min Lin, Feng Chia University

Zeng-Wei Hong, Feng Chia University

Guo-Ming Fang, Feng Chia University

Antonella Di Stefano, Università di Catania

Giuseppe Pappalardo, Università di Catania

Corrado Santoro, Università di Catania

Emiliano Tramontana, Università di Catania

Jane Cleland-Huang, University of Illinois at Chicago, Now at DePaul University

Carl K. Chang, University of Illinois at Chicago, Now at Iowa State University

Yujia Ge, University of Illinois at Chicago, Now at Iowa State University

Chanwit Kaewkasi, Chulalongkorn University

Wanchai Rivepiboon, Chulalongkorn University

Wolf-Gideon Bleek, Hamburg University

Martti Jeenicke, Hamburg University

Ralf Klischewski, Hamburg University

Rosana T. V. Braga, Universidade de São Paulo

Paulo Cesar Masiero, Universidade de São Paulo

Douglas Kirk, University of Strathclyde

Marc Roper, University of Strathclyde

Murray Wood, University of Strathclyde

Atsushi Kumazaki, Nanzan University

Masami Noro, Nanzan University

Han-Myung Chang, Nanzan University

Yoshinari Hachisu, Nanzan University

Sang-Wook Kim, Kangwon National University

Wan Choi, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Byoung-Ho Kim, Kangwon National University

Huiqun Yu, Florida International University

Xudong He, Florida International University

Yi Deng, Florida International University

Lian Mo, Florida International University

Jin Song Dong, National University of Singapore

Shaoying Liu, Hosei University

Ana Fernández Vilas, Universidad de Vigo

José J. Pazos Arias, Universidad de Vigo

Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo, Universidad de Vigo

A. Belén Barragáns Martínez, Universidad de Vigo

Farhad Arbab, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica

Frank de Boer, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica

Juan Guillen Scholten, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica

Marcello Bonsangue, Leiden University

Schahram Dustdar, Technical University of Vienna

Harald Gall, Technical University of Vienna

W. Y. Lum, University of Hong Kong

F. C. M. Lau, University of Hong Kong

Houari Sahraoui, Universit? de Montr?al

Petko Valtchev, Universit? de Montr?al

Idrissa Konkobo, Universit? de Montr?al

Shiqiang Shen, Universit? de Montr?al

William C. Chu, Tunghai University

Chih-Wei Lu, Feng Chia University

Chih-Hung Chang, Feng Chia University

Yeh-Ching Chung, Feng Chia University

Yueh-Min Huang, Cheng Kung University

Baowen Xu, Wuhan University

Lerina Aversano, University of Sannio

Gerardo Canfora, University of Sannio

Andrea De Lucia, University of Sannio

Silvio Stefanucci, University of Sannio

Kim Yong Chun, United Nations University

Dang Van Hung, United Nations University

Ugo Buy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Gaurav Singal, University of Illinois at Chicago

Antonella Santone, University of Sannio

Gigliola Vaglini, Università di Pisa

Richard Millham, Telus Communications Inc

V. S. Phanindra, Tata Consultancy Services

Mala Murugappan, Tata Consultancy Services

Gargi Keeni, Tata Consultancy Services

Christian Zirpins, University of Hamburg

Giacomo Piccinelli, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Jean-Philippe Bernardy, RainCode SPRL

Kenneth Boness, BMC Software Ltd,

Rachel Harrison, University of Reading

Juha Savolainen, Nokia Research Center

Juha Kuusela, Leegur

Deron Liang, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Ocean University

Chen-Liang Fang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

JiChiang Tsai, National Chung Hsing University

Frederick V. Ramsey, De Montfort University

James J. Alpigini, Pennsylvania State University

Gerardo Canfora, University of Sannio

Sandro Manzo, University of Sannio

Vincenzo F. Rollo, University of Sannio

Maria Luisa Villani, University of Sannio

Daniel Rodríguez, University of Reading

Rachel Harrison, University of Reading

Manoranjan Satpathy, University of Reading

Javier Dolado, University of the Basque Country

Shaosong Xu, Texas A&M University

Hoh Peter In, Texas A&M University

Martin S. Feather, California Institute of Technology

Hsiao-Ping Tsai, National Taiwan University

Jiun-Long Huang, National Taiwan University

Cheng-Ming Chao, National Taiwan University

Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University

Cheen Liao, Synology Co. Ltd.

Harumasa Tada, Osaka University

Osamu Honda, Osaka University

Masahiro Higuchi, Kinki University

Erica Y. Yang, University of Durham

Jie Xu, University of Durham

Keith H. Bennett, University of Durham

Stephanie White, Long Island University

W. Buchanan, Napier University

E. Brown, Cànan Ltd.

I. Crnkovic, Mälardalen University

K. Jackson, SD-SCION UK Ltd.

D. Mulcare, Ellijay

J. Rosenblit, University of Arizona

Sahra Sedigh-Ali, Purdue University

Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University

Raymond A. Paul, Pentagon

Tsuneo Yamaura, Hitachi Software Engineering

Akira K. Onoma, Hosei University

Wei-Tek Tsai, Arizona State University

Sami Beydeda, University of Dortmund

Volker Gruhn, University of Dortmund

Sérgio Soares, Federal University of Pernambuco

Paulo Borba, Federal University of Pernambuco

Cinzia Bernardeschi, Università di Pisa

Nicoletta De Francesco, Università di Pisa

Giuseppe Lettieri, Università di Pisa

Imed Hammouda, Tampere University of Technology

Kai Koskimies, Tampere University of Technology

Haifeng Shen, Griffith University

Chengzheng Sun, Griffith University

Meng-Hang Ho, Academia Sinica

Hsu-Chun Yen, National Taiwan University

Baowen Xu, Southeast University

Yu Guan, Southeast University

Zhenqiang Chen, Southeast University

Karl R. P. H. Leung, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education

Hoh Peter In, Texas A&M University

David Olson, University of Nebraska

Tom Rodgers, Texas A&M University

Jenq-Haur Wang, National Taiwan University

Tzao-Lin Lee, National Taiwan University

Maarten van Steen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Gerco Ballintijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

James Westland Cain, Quantel Limited

Rachel Jane McCrindle, University of Reading

Xiuqi Li, Florida Atlantic University

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida Atlantic University

Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami

Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University

Ke Ding, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beihong Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jun Wei, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yulin Feng, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Bhavani Thuraisingham, National Science Foundation

Elena Ferrari, University of Como

Dongwan Shin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Gail-Joon Ahn, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Joon S. Park, Syracuse University

Frans A. Lategan, Rand Afrikaans University

Martin S. Olivier, Rand Afrikaans University

Elisa Bertino, Università degli Studi di Milano

Elena Ferrari, Università degli Studi delléInsubria

Andrea Perego, Università degli Studi di Milano

James B. D. Joshi, Purdue University

Elisa Bertino, Universit? di Milano

Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University

James Bret Michael, Naval Postgraduate School

Bhavani Thuraisingham, The National Science Foundation

Tsau Young Lin, California State University at San Jose

Alexander Romanovsky, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Iain Smith, Dependable Systems Ltd.

Mark E. Segal, Telcordia Technologies

L. E. Moser, Eternal Systems, Inc. and University of California at Santa Barbara

P. M. Melliar-Smith, Eternal Systems, Inc. and University of California at Santa Barbara

L. A. Tewksbury, Eternal Systems, Inc. and University of California at Santa Barbara

Chryssa Dislis, Motorola Ireland Ltd.

Huw Evans, Glasgow University

Cliff Jones, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Alexander Romanovsky, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Ian Welch, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Chang Liu, University of California at Irvine

Debra J. Richardson, University of California at Irvine

Robert Pawel Bialek, University of Copenhagen

Přemysl Brada, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Raju Pandey, University of California at Davis

Scott Malabarba, University of California at Davis

Tim Stapko, University of California at Davis

Brant Hashii, University of California at Davis

J. Jenny Li, Avaya Labs

Xueshan Shan, Avaya Labs

F. van de Laar, Eindhoven University of Technology and Philips Research Laboratories

M. R. V. Chaudron, Eindhoven University of Technology

Marcin Solarski, Fraunhofer FOKUS

Hein Meling, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Gerardo Canfora, University of Sannio

Andrea De Lucia, University of Sannio

Matteo Gaeta, Consorzio CRMPA and Universit? di Salerno

Pierluigi Ritrovato, Consorzio CRMPA

Lerina Aversano, University of Sannio

Aniello Cimitile, University of Sannio

Pierpaolo Gallucci, University of Sannio

Maria Luisa Villani, University of Sannio

Lerina Aversano, University of Sannio

Sergio Betti, EDS Italia Software S.p.A.

Eugenio Pompella, EDS Italia Software S.p.A.

Silvio Stefanucci, University of Sannio

Jin Sa, University of the West of England

Elena Maslova, University of the West of England

Filippo Lanubile, University of Bari

Teresa Mallardo, University of Sannio

Pierre F. Tiako, Oklahoma State University

Cornelia Boldyreff, University Of Durham

David Nutter, University Of Durham

Stephen Rank, University Of Durham