Foundations of component-based systems

Introduction: component software - a snapshot and future directions Clemens Szyperski Part I. Frameworks and Architectures: 1. Key concepts in architecture definition languages David C. Luckham, James Vera and Sigurd Meldal 2. Acme: a basis for architectural integration David Garlan, Robert Monroe and David Wile 3. An extensible language for composition Markus Lumpe, Franz Achermann and Oscar Nierstrasz 4. A framework for a formal and automated approach to component-based reuse Betty H. C. Cheng and Yonghao Chen Part II. Object-Based Specification and Verification: 5. Behavioral subtyping Gary T. Leavens and Krishna Kishore Dhara 6. Modular specification and verification techniques for object-oriented software components Peter Mueller and Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter 7. Respectful type converters for objects Jeannette M. Wing and John Ockerbloom Part III. Formal Models and Semantics: 8. A formal model of componentware Klaus Bergner, Manfred Broy, Andreas Rausch, Marc Sihling and Alexander Vilbig 9. General semantic spaces for specifications and templates David S. Gibson, Bruce W. Weide, Steven H. Edwards and Scott Pike 10. An implementation-oriented semantics for module composition Joseph Goguen and Will Tracz Part IV. Reactive and Distributed Systems: 11. Composition of reactive system components K. Lano, J. Bicarregui, T. Maibaum and J. Fiadeiro 12. The IOA language and toolset: support for mathematics-based distributed programming Stephen J. Garland and Nancy A. Lynch.