1. Key Concepts of the INCAS Multicomputer Project.
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Nehmer, Jürgen, Haban, Dieter, Mattern, Friedemann, Wybranietz, Dieter, and Rombach, H. Dieter
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DISTRIBUTED computing , *COMPUTER architecture , *COMPUTER multitasking , *PROGRAMMING languages , *COMPUTER software , *SYSTEMS software - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1987