7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Florida, United States Of America, 27 - 30 July 2003, pp.160-165
This survey discusses the inefficiency of the OOP paradigm in modeling real world objects that change with time and focuses on the role concept as a solution. The most representative work towards role support in OOP languages are presented, followed by an evaluation and comparison according to various criteria.