DESIGNING CONCURRENT,DISTRIBUTED,AND REAL-TIME

Provides a detailed overview of object-oriented design concepts, concurrent and distributed system technology, use cases, and Unified Modeling Language notation. Addresses the design of real-time and distributed applications based on concurrent technology, and illustrates how an object-oriented analysis and design method known as COMET offers an effective solution to the unique challenges of these systems. Walks through the development life cycle, emphasizing requirements of distributed and real-time applications, and offers case studies and examples of application of COMET to real-time, client/server, and distributed software design. Gomaa teaches software engineering at George Mason University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hassan Gomaa, Professor of Software Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, is an internationally acknowledged authority on the software design of distributed and real-time systems. Hassan's career in software engineering spans both industry and academia, and he develops concurrent, distributed, and real-time applications in industry; designs software development methods and applies them to real-world problems; and teaches short courses to professional software engineers around the world. He has a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from University College, London, and a Ph.D. in computer science from Imperial College, London.