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2, The Journalo f -y Systems and Software ELSEVIER The Journal of Systems and Software 42 (1998) 287-288 Contents Volume 42 Contents Editor’s Corner SAP aligning IS with the enterprise takes on a whole new meaning Robert L. Glass Measuring the comprehensibility of Z specifications Kate Finney, Keith Rennolls and Alex Fedorec How to write comments suitable for automatic software indexing Paolino Di Felice and Goffredo Fonzi 17 A classification scheme for software modules Robert C. Shock and Thomas C. Hartrum **Paramita wisdom” password authentication scheme without verification tables Yu-Yii Chen and Jinn-Ke Jan 45 An adaptive exponentiation method Der-Chyuan Lou and Chin-Chang Chang 59 Thread migration and its applications in distributed shared memory systems Ayal Itzkovitz, Assaf Schuster and Lea Shalev 71 Effort estimation and prediction of object-oriented systems P. Nesi and T. Querci 89 Editorial Guest editors’ introduction: special issue on software engineering and knowledge engineering D.E. Cooke and J.E. Urban A quantitative approach for assessing the priorities of software quality requirements X.F. Liu 105 An empirical study of the LSS specification toolkit in use D. Robertson 115 Specifications in software prototyping Luqi, C.K. Chang and H. Zhu Testing object-oriented programs: From formal specification to test scenario generation K.H. Chang, S.-S. Liao, $.B. Seidman and R. Chapman 141 An integrated environment for reuse reengineering C code G. Canfora, A. De Lucia and M. Munro Recombining changes to software specifications V. Berzins 288 Contents Volume 41 Using design abstractions to visualize, quantify, and restructure software B.-K. Kang and J.M. Bieman Editorial Guest editor’s corner. Real-time active databases: theory and practice K.Y. Lam DRDB: Towards distributed real-time database services for time-critical active applications S.H. Son, R.C. Beckinger and D.A. Baker Transaction management mechanisms for active and real-time databases: A comprehensive protocol and a performance study P. Konana and S. Ram Buffer management in real-time active database systems A. Datta, S. Mukherjee and I. R. Viguier Transaction processing in distributed active real-time database systems . Ulusoy Real-time event control in active databases L. Bkgaard and J.C. Godskesen An analysis of lock-based and optimistic concurrency control protocols in multiprocessor real-time databases A. Chiu, B. Kao and K. Lam