Resource control has attracted increasing interest in foundational research on distributed systems. This paper focuses on
space control and develops an analysis of space usage in the context of an ambient-like calculus with bounded capacities and
weighed processes, where migration and activation require space. A type system complements the dynamics of the calculus by
providing static guarantees that the intended capacity bounds are preserved throughout the computation.
F. Barbanera is partially supported by MIUR project NAPOLI, M. Bugliesi by EU-FET project ‘MyThS’ IST-2001-32617, and by MIUR
project MEFISTO, M. Dezani-Ciancaglini by EU-FET project DART IST-2001-33477, and by MIUR Projects COMETA and McTati, V. Sassone
by EU-FET project ‘MIKADO’ IST-2001-32222. The funding bodies are not responsible for any use that might be made of the results
presented here.