ieee transactions on parallel and distributed systems (tpds) is published monthly. the goal of tpds is to publish a range of papers, comments on previously published papers, and survey articles that deal with the research areas of current importance to our readers. current areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to the following: a) architectures: design, analysis, and implementation of multiple-processor systems (including multi-processors, multicomputers, and networks); impact of vlsi on
