By John L. Casti (auth.), Professor Dr. David Batten, Professor Dr. John Casti, Dr. Roland Thord (eds.)

fifteen international locations in Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, Australia, and U.S.A. them all got here to Stockholm basically simply because they realize the transforming into im­ portance of networks as advanced platforms, and their domestic associations don't provide any systematic lectures in this subject. The Networks direction used to be initially initiated together by means of the summer season college of Southern Stockholm origin and the County Council of Stockholm, the Swedish Aviation management, the Swedish nationwide highway management, the Swedish publish, the Swedish nation Railways, and Telia AB. they've got all served as joint sponsors and hosts for the direction. within the 12 months 1993 the path additionally was once backed by means of the Swedish delivery and Communications examine Board. some of these corporations have supported the book of a sequence of key lectures from the direction, to be published as a unmarried quantity entitled Networks in motion. it's the ambition of the basis to create continuity in its actions for the long run. The board has proposed to its principals to take a choice during this path. it truly is my expectation that this can be the case for the Networks direction from 1995. This publication will then function a easy reference to be used in an period while the subject of Communication-Networks could be incorporated on an everlasting foundation in the summertime University's agenda.