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Acknowledgments

The editors would first like to thank the chapter authors for their insights and excellent contributions to this book, as well as Pr. Georges Gardarin, who kindly accepted to write the foreword of this book. The editors would also like to acknowledge the help of all involved in the re- view process of the book, without whose support the project could not have been satisfactorily completed. Their comprehensive and constructive comments helped in improving the quality of this book and fueled very exciting discus- sions. We have indeed noticed that a true debate emerged during the review process, thus showing that this research field is very promising. Finally, special thanks go to the publishing team at Idea Group Inc., and espe- cially to Ms. Michele Rossi and Kristin Roth, who made our job as editors smooth and easy. Reviewers list:

· Sihem Amer-Yahia, AT&T Labs – Research, USA · Antonio Badia, University of Louisville, USA · José Balcazar, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain · Yvan Bédard, Laval University, Quebec, Canada · Zora Bellahsene, University of Montpellier II, France · Ladjel Bellatreche, University of Poitiers, France · Djamal Benslimane, University of Lyon 1, France · Fadila Bentayeb, University of Lyon 2, France · Laure Berti-Équille, IRISA Rennes, France · Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA · Henri Briand, University of Nantes, France xiv

· Jean-Hugues Chauchat, University of Lyon 2, France · Liming Chen, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France · Cristina Davino, Universita degli Studi di Macerata, Italy · Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati, USA · Pierre Gançarski, University of Strasbourg I, France · Sandra Gonzalez, Buenos Aires University, Argentina · Le Gruenwald, University of Oklahoma, USA · Mohand-Said Hacid, University of Lyon 1, France · Georges Hebrail, ENST Paris, France · Stéphane Lallich, University of Lyon 2, France · Chang-Tsun Li, University of Warwick, UK · Sabine Loudcher, University of Lyon 2, France · Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, Dubai · Anna Maddalena, University of Genova, Italy · Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece · Florent Masseglia, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France · Maryvone Miquel, INSA Lyon, France · Rokia Missaoui, Quebec University, Canada · Amedeo Napoli, LORIA Nancy, France · Richi Nayak, Queensland University of Technology, Australia · Benjamin Nguyen, INRIA Futurs, France · Nicolas Nicoloyannis, University of Lyon 2, France · Francesca Odone, University of Genova, Italy · Torben Bach Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark · Jian Pei, New York State University, USA · Jean-Marc Petit, University of Clermont-Ferrand II, France · François Poulet, ESIEA Laval, France · Joël Quinqueton, Paul Valéry University, France · Ricco Rakotomalala, University of Lyon 2, France · Wenny Rayahu, La Trobe University, Australia · Jörg Rech, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany · Michel Schneider, University of Clermont-Ferrand II, France · Florence Sèdes, University of Toulouse 3, France xv

· Timos Sellis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece · Chantal Soulé-Dupuy, University of Toulouse 3, France · David Taniar, Monash University, Australia · Anne Tchounikine, INSA Lyon, France · Brigitte Trousse, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France · Gilles Venturini, University of Tours, France · Christel Vrain, University of Orléans, France · Boris Vrdoljak, University of Zagreb, Croatia · Karine Zeitouni, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin, France · Djamel Zighed, University of Lyon 2, France