Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2000. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 188 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2005. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-32). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--East Tennessee State University, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-67). Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 109 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101).

Thesis (M.S.C.I.T.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 19, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.C.I.T.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 25, 2007). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 1999. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xx, 343 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-337).

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Mikhail Auguston, James B. Michael. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56). Also available online.

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This thesis describes a framework for building a distributed concurrent system based on the active object paradigm. An active object is an agent, such as a state machine, that only executes in response to messages it receives, and can only communicate with other agents by sending messages. Steam consists of a programming model, an application programming interface and a concurrent runtime system to support the model. Steam offers an efficient implementation of active objects. The implementation also supports location transparency, dynamic re-configurability, and a form of atomicity. Steam is designed as a generic fi-amework suitable for application in a variety of domains. It can be used directly as a runtime system embedded within an application (eg. in a C program) or as a virtual machine for a concurrent programming language such as COOL.