@CONFERENCE\{IMM2006-04916,
    author       = "J. L. Lawall and C. W. Probst and U. P. Schultz",
    title        = "Issues in Holistic System Design",
    year         = "2006",
    keywords     = "Software Engineering, Complex Systems, Domain Specific Languages",
    booktitle    = "Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems ({PLOS} 2006)",
    volume       = "",
    series       = "",
    editor       = "",
    publisher    = "",
    organization = "",
    address      = "",
    url          = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/4916-full.html",
    abstract     = "Systems in nature exhibit an astounding ability to operate large numbers of sub-systems in a coordinated manner even in complex situations. On the other hand, the coordination of layers of computer and software systems
is one of the main challenges in designing such systems, even though they are significantly smaller and less complex. In this paper we consider Holistic System Design as a way of integrating requirements and facilities
of different system layers. We also discuss some of the challenges for computer science in general as well as programming languages and operating systems in particular."
}