See http://www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter/ for the latest information. The following was written in 1996. The book is on the web now. For a compiled, polished form of much of the current knowledge on adaptive software and Demeter, please use the book: Title: Adaptive Object-Oriented Software: The Demeter Method with Propagation Patterns Author: Karl Lieberherr Publisher: PWS Publishing Company ISBN: 0-534-94602-X Year: 1996 For more information, including the foreword by Gregor Kiczales and John Lamping from Xerox PARC plus some sample chapters, see URL: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter/ The Demeter Tools are a useful addition to the book. They are freely available in object form. See URL: ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/pub/people/lieber/DemeterTools.txt It is understood that all persons copying information from this directory will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by the copyright holders.