The Journal of Systems and Software ELSEVIER The Journal of Systems and Software 46 (1999 Contents Volume 46 Contents Editor’s Corner Examining the effects of the “Application Revolution” R.L. Glass A concept of designing cheater identification methods for secret sharing R.-J. Hwang, W.-B. Lee and C.-C. Chang \ phased reuse adoption model S. Wartik and T. Davi Fechnical controlling and software process improvement ( Ebert R-nets for the performance evaluation of hard real-time systems S.M. Koriem 4] Optimal task allocation in distributed systems by graph matching and state space search A. Tom P. and C. Siva Ram Murthy \ displacement addressing method for letter-oriented keys S.-J. Wang and J.-K. Jan Guest Editor’s Introduction: The Silver Falls Workshop on Software Process Simulation Modeling (ProSim’98) D. Raffo, W. Harrison, M.I. Kellner, R. Madachy, R. Martin, W. Scacchi, P. Wernick 89 Software process simulation modeling: Why? What? How? M.I. Kellner, R.J. Madachy and D.M. Raffo 9] Simulation in support of CMM-based process improvement A.M. Christie 107 Quantitative modeling for the interactive simulation of software projects 4. Drappa and J. Ludewig rhe impact of feedback in the global software process M.M. Lehman and J.F. Ramil Integration of system dynamics modelling with descriptive process modelling and goal-oriented measurement D. Pfahl and K. Lebsanft Strategies for lifecycle concurrency and iteration — A system dynamics approach 4. Powell, K. Mander and D. Brown Software process simulation to achieve higher CMM levels D.M. Raffo, J.V. Vandeville and R.H. Martin 163 216 Contents Software process simulation for reliability management I. Rus, J. Collofello and P. Lakey Experience with software process simulation and modeling W. Scacchi Software process white box modelling for FEAST/1 P. Wernick and M.M. Lehman Modeling the FedEx IT division: a system dynamics approach to strategic IT planning J. Williford and A. Chang Software Process Simulation Modeling Workshop (ProSim’99)