CFP: Special Issue: Simulation Practice and Theory Journal

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

                           Simulation Practice and Theory Journal

                                   SPECIAL ISSUE

                                   CALL FOR PAPERS


                              Guest Editor: Helen D. Karatza
                           Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
                   Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Systems and 
Networks


A Special Issue of the Elsevier Journal: Simulation Practice and Theory,
about Modeling
and Simulation of Distributed Systems and Networks is planned for 2004.

Authors of papers, which explore modeling and simulation studies focused on
problems
in this area, are invited to participate in the Special Issue.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Load-Balancing and Load-Sharing
Distributed Real-Time Systems
Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Performance Modelling/Evaluation
Scheduling in Distributed Systems
Coscheduling of Applications on Multiple Processors
Scheduling in Distributed Shared-Memory Systems
Scheduling of Parallel Applications within Distributed Systems (e.g. 
Clusters)
Scheduling Methods for Networks of Workstations
Scheduling of Heterogeneous Processors
Novel Distributed Applications
Performance Modelling and Distributed Simulation
Improvement in System Performance through Optimization and Tuning
Distributed and Collaborative Agent-Based Processing
Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
Performance of Communication Networks for Distributed Systems
Autonomous/Peer-to-Peer Systems
Grid/Cluster Computing in Distributed Systems
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Mobile and Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
Routing in Interconnected Networks
Modelling and Performance Evaluation of Large-Scale, Scalable Network
Algorithms
Data Dissemination Schemes in Distributed Networks
Network Workload and Traffic Characterization


Results of both theoretical and practical significance will be considered.

Instructions for authors etc. can be found at the Journal website at:
www.elsevier.com/locate/simpra

Papers have to be submitted ONLY directly to Elsevier (simpra@elsevier.com)
mentioning that it is for this special issue.


Further information can be obtained by contacting the Guest Editor:

Helen Karatza
E-mail: karatza@csd.auth.gr

Important Dates
Submission deadline: April 15, 2003
Review results and acceptance decision: August 15, 2003
Final revised paper: October 1, 2003
Tentative publication date: January 2004

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This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/Management/Maths 
research group on stochastic simulation at the University of 
Canterbury, Christchurch, New zealand,
and anybody else interested in research in this area

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		Associate Prof. Dr Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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