Dynamic reconfiguration of distributed programs

A general framework is developed for reconfiguring applications dynamically, where developers may alter the application without loss of service. After presenting the overall framework within which reconfiguration is possible, a description is given of the formal approach for programmers to capture the state of a process abstractly. An environment to support experimentation with dynamic reconfiguration is then described.<<ETX>>

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