DRASTIC: A Run-Time Architecture for Evolving, Distributed, Persistent Systems

Annotation: Separates distributed systems into ``zones'' that upgrade using stop-the-world. Uses ``change absorbers'' and ``transformers'' to convert objects as they move from zone to zone.

BibTeX entry:

@article{evans97drastic,
   author = {Huw Evans and Peter Dickman},
   title = {{DRASTIC}: {A} Run-Time Architecture for Evolving,
	Distributed, Persistent Systems},
   journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
   volume = {1241},
   pages = {243--??},
   year = {1997},
   url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/evans97drastic.html}
}