Section headings and selected papers: Plenary Speech. A distributed type computer-aided software requirements engineering environment, Y Matsumoto & T Ajisaka. Invited Papers. A real-time OSI based network: is it possible? I Izikowitz et al. Review and outlook on DCCS, T Lalive d'Epinay. Technical Papers. How can we afford a new DCCS? L P Krings. Principles and models for integrating distributed systems from existing components, V Tschammer & D Strick. The designing implementation of distributed computer energy-managing system, Zhao Xiao-Shan et al. A knowledge based tool for DCCS design validation, S Mitra et al. Task allocation and optimal design for a distributed system, P Purkayastha & S Singh. A shared file system in the G8050 multi-computer system, R Mori et al. Autonomous decentralized steel production process control system, Y Suzuki et al. Integrated distributed computer control system of a great ammonia plant, G Nikiforov et al. An expert system for mill pacing in bar mill, T Sato et al. Distributed power system simulation on a hypercube computer, Y Akimoto et al. Distributed computation and control using a conic like toolkit and a multitransputer network, C P Bottura & J T Costa Filho. Application of neural networks to power system state evaluation, K Nishimura et al. Analysis for the service time of user request on the mini-MAP network, Wook Hyun Kwon et al. A new multi-server concept for the MMS environment, Y Dakroury & J P Elloy. Which transport protocol for MMS based cyclic data acquisition? P Pleinevaux. New distributed control system based on mini-MAP, A Ohba & K Iizuka. Author index. Keyword index.