Author
		O. Bukhres,J. Chen,W. Du,A.K. Elmagarmid,R. Pezzoli
	 
	
	
		Abstract
		
		Distributed, heterogeneous, and autonomous hardware and software systems are
the product of legnthy and diverse computational and information processing
requirements. The introduction of harmonious cooperation among such systems
carries the potential for great increases in productivity and improvment in
applications processing. However, such harmonious cooperation must be
supportedby an integrated system that would allow the developement of
global applications.