This book presents the leading edge in several related fields, specifically object orientated programming, open distributed systems and formal methods for object oriented systems. With increased support within industry regarding these areas, this book captures the most up-to-date information on the subject. Many topics are discussed, including the following important areas: object oriented design and programming; formal specification of distributed systems; open distributed platforms; types, interfaces and behaviour; formalisation of object oriented methods.

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Preface. Committee members and invited speakers. List of referees. Part One: Mobility and Pi-calculus. Part Two: Concurrent OO specification and programming. Part Three: Actors. Part Four: Distributed systems: ODP and CORBA (I). Part Five: OO requirements analysis and design. Part Six: Formal specification (I). Part Seven: Subtyping and inheritance. Part Eight: Distributed systems: ODP and CORBA (II). Part Nine: Formal specification (II). Index of contributors. Keyword index.