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PhD Thesis Series

Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

Date of Ph.D. defense:	June 14, 2002
Title of thesis:	Integrating Modern Business Applications with Objectified Legacy Systems
ISBN:	90 5668 099 4
Promotors:	Prof.dr. Mike Papazoglou
	Prof.dr. Piet Ribbers

Abstract:
'Integrating Modern Business Applications with Objectified Legacy Systems' investigates a methodology for designing configurable business applications in terms of wrapped legacy systems. The methodology blends scientifically validated research from various domains, such as distributed object technology, specification matching, information retrieval, reverse engineering and meta-modeling. It is illustrated and partially validated by a field experiment that was conducted at the Dutch Department of Defense. This methodology is supported by the prototypical implementation of a toolset.