Adaptive Distributed Applications And Services A Thesis Presented to The Academic Faculty by Fabi´ an E. Bustamante In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology November, 2001 Copyright c°2002 by Fabi´ an E. Bustamante The Active Streams Approach To Adaptive Distributed Applications And Services Approved: Dr. Karsten Schwan (College of Computing), Chairman Dr. Mustaque Ahamad (College of Computing) Dr. Greg Eisenhauer (College of Computing) Dr. Calton Pu (College of Computing) Dr. Kishore Ramachandran (College of Computing) Dr. Peter Steenkiste (School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity) Date Approved