1. Guest Editors' Introduction

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 5

2. Σynergos—Synergetic Vision Research

   • Odemir Martinez Bruno
   • Roberto M. Cesar Jr.
   • Luciano da Fontoura Costa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 41

3. Archictecture and Performance of Java-Based Distributed Object Models: CORBA vs RMI

   • Cesar Munoz
   • Janusz Zalewski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 75

4. Software Architectures for Reducing Priority Inversion and Non-determinism in Real-time Object Request Brokers

   • Douglas C. Schmidt
   • Sumedh Mungee
   • Aniruddha Gokhale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 125

5. Visual Keyword Image Retrieval Based on Synergetic Neural Network for Web-Based Image Search

   • Tong Zhao
   • Lilian H. Tang
   • Feihu Qi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 142

6. Object Caching and Prefetching in Distributed Virtual Walkthrough

   • Rynson W. H. Lau
   • Jimmy H. P. Chim
   • Antonio Si

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 164

7. Towards a Mobile Code Management Environment for Complex, Real-Time, Distributed Systems

   • Alexander D. Stoyen
   • Plamen V. Petrov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 189