MECHANISMS FOR PERSISTENT OBJECT MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

WE ENVISION A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM ASSUMES INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING TASKS INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS AND STAGES OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. THE SUCCESS OF SUCH A SYSTEM DEPENDS ON RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT MECHANISMS FOR REPRESENTING AND MANAGING A WIDE VARIETY OF INFORMATION IN ARBITRARY COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS WITH REMOVABLE MEDIA. THIS PHASE I SBIR PROJECT CONSISTS OF A DESIGN OF MECHANISMS FOR DISTRIBUTED OBJECT MANAGEMENT AND A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF THOSE MECHANISMS THROUGH TWO CASE STUDIES. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION IN PHASE II.