Abstract:

This is the so-called Progress Report which is handed in as partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. This report serves
two purposes: a description of the research I have been doing so far as
part of my Ph.D. program, as well as a description of my plans for
future research. I have worked with patterns from several perspectives,
but always with the aim of exploiting their usefulness as much as
possible. My work with patterns has followed three lines; preserving
the benefits of design patterns, solving the trace problem by saving the
core of patterns in a library, and introducing the concept of patterns to a
Danish audience by giving the use perspective on patterns. Finally,
my plans for future research are described.