ODE

ODE: Object Distribution Environment

Problem
 * How to effectively deploy object-oriented software, designed as monolithic applications, over distributed hardware infrastructures

Solution
 * A two-phase approach and a tool to fragment and distribute classes across sites, then instances and methods within a site

Publications
 * 1) Purao, S., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. 2002. Exploiting Design Information to Derive Object Distribution Models. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - A. vol. 32, issue 3, pp. 320-334.
 * 2) Purao, S., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. 2002. A Tool for Distributing Object-oriented Applications. Information & Management. vol. 39, issue 8, September. pp. 689-703.
 * 3) Purao, S., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. 2001. An Approach to Distribution of Object-oriented Applications in Loosely Coupled Networks. Journal of Management Information Systems. vol. 18, issue 3, Winter. pp. 195-234.
 * 4) Purao, S., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. 1999. Supporting Decision Making in Combinatorially Explosive Multicriteria Situations. Decision Support Systems. vol. 26, issue 3, September. pp. 225-248.
 * 5) Purao, S., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. 1998. Effective Distribution of Object-oriented Applications. Communications of the ACM. vol. 41, issue 8, August. pp. 100-108.

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