Lecture Notes in Computer Science Recent Trends in Algebraic Development Techniques: 13th International Workshop Wadt 98 Lisbon Portugal April 2-4 199 Book 1589 (Paperback)

The European conference situationin the general area of software science has longbeen considered unsatisfactory. A fairlylarge number of small and medi- sized conferences and workshops take place on an irregular basis competing for high-quality contributions and for enough attendees to make them ?nancially viable. Discussions aiming at a consolidation have been underway since at least 1992 with concrete planning beginning in summer 1994 and culminating in a public meeting at TAPSOFT 95 in Aarhus. On the basis of a broad consensus it was decided to establish a single annual federated spring conference in the slot that was then occupied by TAPSOFT and CAAP/ESOP/CC comprising a number of existing and new conferences and covering a spectrum from theory to practice. ETAPS 98 the ?rst instance of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software is taking place this year in Lisbon. It comprises ?ve conferences (FoSSaCS FASE ESOP CC TACAS) four workshops (ACoS VISUAL WADT CMCS) seven invited lectures and nine tutorials.