Debugging heterogeneous distributed systems using event-based models of behavior
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
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A COLLECTION OF TOOLS IS DESCRIBED THAT ALLOWS THE USER OF `EVENT BASED BEHAVIORAL ABSTRACTION'' TO MONITOR AND CONTROL AN EXECUTING SYSTEM. THE USE OF THE TOOLS AND HOW THEY ARE INTERCONNECTED IS THE FOCUS HERE; RATHER THAN THE DETAILS OF THEIR OPERATION. ALSO DESCRIBED HERE IS THE LISP-LIKE EXTEN- SION LANGUAGE THAT SERVES BOTH AS AN INTER-TOOL COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL AND A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE THAT PERMITS USERS TO CREATE SOPHISTICATED RESPONSES TO MONITORING ACTIVITIES.