Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Conceptual and Logical Design of Relational Databases; 1. An Introduction to Current Methodologies for Database Design; 2. Requirements Analysis; 3. Conceptual Modeling; 4. Logical Design; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Computational Approaches for Tactile Information Processing and Analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. Issues in Extracting Tactile Domain Information; 3. Passive Tactile Sensing; 4. Active Tactile Sensing; 5. Passive and Active Tactile Sensing Experiments; 6. Summary and Conclusion; References

Chapter 3. Objected-Oriented System Development Methods1. Object-Oriented Concepts; 2. Object-Oriented System Development Methods; 3. Object-Oriented System Development with Box Structures; 4. The Cleanroom System Development Process; 5. Conclusions and Future Research Directions .; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix A: A Case Study of Box Structure Design-The Cass System; Chapter 4. Reverse Engineering; 1. Introduction; 2. The Context of Reverse Engineering; 3. Taxonomy of Terms; 4. Reverse Engineering Throughout the Life Cycle: Objectives and Purpoeses; 5. Economic and Legal Issues

6. Survey of Current Research7. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Multiprocessing; 1. Introduction; 2. An Overview of Parallel Programming; 3. Architectural Support for Distributed Shared Memory; 4. Communications Cost and Grain Size for Parallel Processing; 5. Advances in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES); 6 .Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. The Landscape of International Computing; 1. Introduction; 2. A View of the Landscape; 3. National Differences; 4. Transnational Systems and MNCs; 5. The International Regime and Global Informatization

6. Information Starvation and Computational Dependency in the Developing World7. International Response to National Concerns; 8. National Response to International Concerns; 9. Three Dimensions of State Influence; 10. Conclusions; 11. An Agenda for Further Research; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Volumes in this Series