Relationships among structural computing and other fields

We describe the field of structural computing as it relates to a number of other pursuits. By doing this, we hope to accomplish several goals. First, we identify issues that are underor misrepresented in other research areas—issues that we feel may form the beginnings of a core research agenda for structural computing. Second, we identify points of the structural computing agenda that are as of yet unclear or not yet fully articulated. Third, we point to natural academic allies of the structural computing field—people and ideas who can inform our work, and with whom we may be able to share our ideas. q 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.