Key Concepts of the INCAS Multicomputer Project

  • Authors:
  • J. Nehmer;D. Haban;F. Mattern;D. Wybranietz;H. D. Rombach

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the INCAS (INCremental Architecture for distributed Systems) multicomputer project, which aims at the development of a comprehensive methodology for the design and implementation of locally distributed systems. A structuring concept for distributed operating systems has been developed and integrated into the system implementation language LADY. The concurrent high-level programming language CSSA, based on the actor model, has been designed for the implementation of distributed applications. A substantial effort in the INCAS project is directed towards the development of a distributed test methodology. An experimental system has been implemented on a network of ten MC68000 microcomputers. Preliminary experience with the methodology has been gained from a small number of prototype applications.