This volume is based on the workshop "Unifying Theory and Practice in 
Distributed Systems" held in Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany in September 1994. 

During the past 20 years, a substantial theoretical and practical base has 
evolved in the area of distributed computing. However, this work has been done 
by largely disjoint communities of researchers; this workshop brought together 
established experts from both worlds. The volume contains 17 full papers 
refereed and revised after the workshop so that they reflect original research 
enriched by insights gained through discussions at the workshop. Among the 
issues treated are paradigms and concepts, fundamental algorithms and 
principles, fault-tolerance, real-time, system structures, large case aspects 
and others.