Quality of Communication-Based Systems

Quality of Communication-Based Systems presents the research results of students of the Graduiertenkolleg `Communication-Based Systems' to an international community. To stimulate the scientific discussion, renowned experts have been invited to give their views on the research areas: Formal specification and mathematical foundations of distributed systems using process algebra, graph transformations, process calculi and temporal logics Performance evaluation, dependability modelling and analysis of real-time systems with different kinds of timed Petri-nets Specification and analysis of communication protocols Reliability, security and dependability in distributed systems Object orientation in distributed systems architecture Software development and concepts for distributed applications Computer network architecture and management Language concepts for distributed systems.

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Quality of Communication-Based Systems presents the research results of students of the Graduiertenkolleg `Communication-Based Systems' to an international community. To stimulate the scientific discussion, renowned experts have been invited to give their views on the research areas:

• Formal specification and mathematical foundations of distributed systems using process algebra, graph transformations, process calculi and temporal logics
• Performance evaluation, dependability modelling and analysis of real-time systems with different kinds of timed Petri-nets
• Specification and analysis of communication protocols
• Reliability, security and dependability in distributed systems
• Object orientation in distributed systems architecture
• Software development and concepts for distributed applications
• Computer network architecture and management

• Language concepts for distributed systems.

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  Contributions to Quality from Specification Techniques. Abstract Datatype Semantics for Algebraic High-Level Nets Using Dynamic Abstract Datatypes; J. Padberg. Making Statics Dynamic: Towards an Axiomatization for Dynamic ADTs; A. Pierantonio. Specification of Concurrent Systems: from Petri Nets to Graph Grammars; A. Corradini, U. Montanari. Towards a Theory of Strong Bisimulation for the Service Rendezvous; M. Baldamus. Contributions to Quality from Quantitative Modelling. Transient Analysis of Real-Time Systems Using Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets; V. Mainkar, K.S. Trivedi. Performance Modeling with Structured Actions; I. Schieferdecker. Transient Analysis of Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets by the Method of Supplementary Variables; R. German. Discrete Time Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets; R. Zijal. Contributions to Quality from Distributed Systems Organization. Bauhaus Linda: an Overview; N. Carriero, D. Gelernter, L. Zuck. Naming and Typing in Languages for Coordination in Open Distributed Systems; R. Tolksdorf. An Efficient Implementation of Decoupled Communication in Distributed Environments; A. Polze. Extending the Role of Object References in Distributed Systems; P. Dickman. On Protocols for Loss-Less Statistical Multiplexing in Integrated Networks; M. Mateescu.