"Distribution and parallelism in embedded systems design increase the engineering challenges and require new development methods and tools.". "This book is the result of the International Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES'98), organized by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Groups 10.3 (Concurrent Systems) and 10.5 (Design and Engineering of Electronic Systems). The workshop took place in October 1998 in Schloss Eringerfold, near Paderborn, Germany, and the resulting book reflects the most recent point of view of experts from Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and the USA." "This volume will be essential reading for computer science researchers and application developers."--BOOK JACKET.