jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) (12/06/90)
Call for Papers Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing Special Issue on The Parallel Execution of Rule-Based Programs Papers are solicited for a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) to be published in December 1991. This special issue will cover, semantic, algorithmic, and architectural aspects of executing rule-based programs in parallel. It will include, but is not limited to, the following topics: - Mapping and execution of rule systems on general purpose parallel machines. - Special purpose parallel architectures. - Benchmarking and performance evaluation. - The formal semantics of parallel rule execution. - Transaction models for rule systems. Authors should follow the JPDC manuscript format as described in the information for Authors at the end of each issue of JPDC. Five copies of complete double-spaced manuscripts should be sent to the guest editor by February 1 1991. Authors will be notified of the final decision by May 15 1991. Guest Editor Prof. Daniel Miranker Taylor Hall 2.124 Department of Computer Sciences University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1188 w) 512-471-9541 fax 512-471-8885 miranker@cs.utexas.edu