The Abstract Behavioral Specification Language: A Tutorial Introduction -- Subobject-Oriented Programming -- Verification of Open Concurrent Object Systems -- Automatic Inference of Bounds on Resource Consumption -- Separating Cost and Capacity for Load Balancing in ABS Deployment Models -- Composing Distributed Systems: Overcoming the Interoperability Challenge -- Controlling Application Interactions on the Novel Smart Cards with Security-by-Contract -- Formal Aspects of Free and Open Source Software Components.

This book constitutes revised lectures from the 11th Symposium on Formal Methods for Components and Object, FMCO 2012, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in September 2012. The 8 lectures featured in this volume are by world-renowned experts within the area of formal models for objects and components. The book provides a unique combination of ideas on software engineering and formal methods which reflect the expanding body of knowledge on modern software systems.