An aspectoriented approach for supporting autonomic reconfiguration of software architectures. Designing mobile aspectoriented software architectures with. Ambient prisma follows model driven engineering to represent mobility and location in a software architecture. The design of models is performed using an aspectoriented architecture description language.
In proceedings of the first international workshop on software architectures and mobility collocated with icse08, pp. As a result, the development of systems of this kind introduces important challenges such as. In the last few decades, the information society has undergone important changes. This work presents an approach called ambientprisma for modelling and developing distributed and mobile applications. Nour ali, isidro ramos, carlos solis, ambient prisma. Sensors free fulltext enabling flexible and continuous. Architectural models of ambientprisma in channel ambient. Architectural primitives for distribution and mobility. An aspectoriented approach for supporting autonomic. In ambientprisma there is always a default gateway ambient that. Add open access links from to the list of external document links if available. Middleware support for selfadaptation in ubiquitous and serviceoriented environments.
Ambients in mobile aspectoriented software architecture 1. Handbook of research on mobile software engineering. Journal of systems and software 83 6, 937958, 2010. In addition to the metamodel, ambientprisma uses the aspectoriented architecture description language aoadl 7 to allow the description of the distribution and mobile characteristics of software architectures at a pim level. The service provision and consumption platform described in this paper is designed for the mobile device of the prosumer user, and consists of a set of subsystems see figure 2 which perform the functions of orchestration, resolution and capability invocation. Ambientprisma enriches an aspectoriented software architectural approach called prisma with the ambient concept from ambient calculus.
Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Bibliographic content of journal of systems and software, volume 83. Ambient prisma lacks a precise semantics due to the fact that it is based only on a metamodel. Ambient calculus is a formalism that provides primitives to describe mobile systems in an abstract way. This volume provides an overview of current work in software engineering techniques that can enhance the quality of software. In proceedings of the 1st international workshop on software architectures and mobility leipzig, germany, may 10. Principal lecturer in software engineeringuniversity of brighton. We extend the aspectoriented architectural metamodelling approach of ambients ambientprisma with microservice ambients.
Ambient prismanet maps the primitives of ambient prisma into. In this paper, ambientprisma is mapped into a formal language called channel ambient calculus, a process algebra for specifying mobile applications. An adl centric approach for the formal design of realtime systems. Comparing architecture description languages for mobile software systems. Designing software architectures with an aspectoriented architecture description language. The aoadl follows an approach called ambient prisma which enables designers to address, in an explicit and abstract way, the notion of location and mobi. In this paper, we provide an architecture centric approach to model this decision problem. When ambients move, the service oriented architecture is reconfigured by autonomic ambients according to the available resources. In this paper, we present how a platformindependent model called ambient prisma combines both ambient calculus and aspect oriented software architecture for the specification of distributed and mobile systems. Ambients in aspect oriented software architectures. Its aoadl is independent of technology and is based on formal languages and formalisms to preserve nonambiguity in. Special issue on software architecture and mobility.
We have designed an algorithm based on swarm optimization technique in order to optimally to plan the reconfiguration process according to. Mobile ambients in aspectoriented software architectures. We build on ambients a modelling approach that can explicitly capture functional boundaries and their adaptation. This is achieved by confluence of componentbased development. The aoadl follows an approach called ambientprisma which enables designers to address, in an explicit and abstract way, the notion of location and mobility. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. To be able to adapt a system, engineers must evaluate different quality attributes, including tradeoffs to balance functional and quality requirements to maintain a wellfunctioning system throughout the lifetime of the system. Ambientprisma enriches an aspectoriented software architectural approach. Mobile ambients in aspectoriented software architecture bsc in computer science from birzeit university palestine. These environments integrate sensors, actuators and smart devices, whose availability continuously changes. The initial configuration of the software architecture of the mobile. Distribution and mobility in aspectoriented software architectures nour ali irshaid department of information systems and computation polytechnic university of valencia a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master in software engineering, formal methods and information systems. At the digital catapult centre brighton event, tech beyond the screen. Digital catapult centre brighton dr nour ali slideshare.
Ambientprisma lacks a precise semantics due to the fact that it is based only on a metamodel. Mobility of architectural elements is supported by reconfiguring the software architecture. Ambients are introduced in prisma as specialized kinds of connectors that offer mobility services to architectural elements components and connectors and are able to coordinate a boundary, which models the. Coping with crosscutting and dynamic features of software systems has significant impacts on software modularity, reusability, adaptability, and maintainability.
Lncs 4276 developing mobile ambients using an aspect. Ambient as an aspectoriented, componentbased architectural. Sigsoft 02fse10 proceedings of the 10th acm sigsoft symposium on foundations of software engineering pages 4150 charleston, south carolina, usa november 18 22, 2002. Designing mobile aspectoriented software architectures. Nowadays, distributed and mobile systems are acquiring greater importance and becoming more widely used to support ubiquitous computing however, developing systems of this kind is a difficult task instead of concentrating on how problems should be solved developers must worry about implementation details ambient calculus is a formalism that provides primitives to describe mobile systems in an. Net for supporting ambient prisma code generation is also presented. Mobility is a paradigm which exploits distributed systems, where. Lero the irish software, engineering research centre, university of limerick, limerick, ireland. Modeling support for mobile ambients in service oriented. Ambientprisma is an architectural approach for specifying aspectoriented software architecture and generating code of distributed and mobile systems. Software architecture to everything brunel software engineering lab. Its goal is to increase productivity, speed, predictability and reliability of software development process of group of applications called software families comparing to currentnonautomated development paradigm. An aspect oriented approach for supporting autonomic reconfiguration of software architectures.
In this paper, we provide an architecturecentricapproach to model this decision problem. Ambients in aspectoriented software architectures nour ali irshaid department of information systems and computation polytechnic university of valencia. Software factories is an approach to automate parts of software development and uses a few well known techniques. Net constructs in order to allow the execution of ambient prisma distributed and mobile software systems.
Managing tradeoffs in adaptable software architectures. The research into software architecture and structural patterns encompasses the understanding and development of techniques used for building software products, we focus on investigating the attributes that make up the architecture and explore ways of measuring the quality, maintainability, performance and overall success of varying approaches to software architecture. Aspectoriented software development and software architectures promise to achieve reusability, maintenance and adaptability, which are all essential for the development of distributed systems. Sep 20, 2017 xcd is a designbycontract based architecture description language that supports modular specifications in terms of components and connectors i. This work shows how a mobile agent case study can be described in a platformindependent way using the aoadl. Stability assessment of aspectoriented software architectures. The software architecture of a system describes its structure in terms of components. Dr nour ali selected publications brunel university london. Developing mobile ambients using an aspectoriented software. Developing mobile ambients using an aspectoriented software architectural model. This chapter focuses on designing software architectures of mobile applications using an aspect oriented architecture description language aoadl. Overall architecture for service orchestration, resolution and invocation.
Software architecture for big data and the cloud 1st edition. Mobile ambients in aspectoriented software architectures 37 result, there is a loss of traceability, and the system is subject to a specific technological platform such as corba 1 or. Mar 03, 2016 at the digital catapult centre brighton event, tech beyond the screen. Visual specification and analysis of contractbased software architectures mert ozkaya department of computer engineering, istanbul kemerburgaz university, istanbul. As a result, it is important to take into account distribution and mobility from the early stages of the development process instead of delaying their considerations to the implementation stage.
Mobile ambients using an aspectoriented software architectural model nowadays. In this paper, ambientprisma is mapped into a formal language called channel ambient calculus, a process algebra for specifying mobile. It is considered to be the bridge between the requirements and implementation phases of the software life cycle. A classification and comparison of model checking software architecture techniques. Enabling flexible and continuous capability invocation in. Ambientprisma follows model driven engineering to represent mobility and location in a software architecture. Abstract ambientprisma is an architectural approach for specifying aspectoriented software architecture and generating code of distributed and mobile systems.
This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The software architecture when the agentnonsite executes the exit. Xcd is supported by a translator that produces formal models in spins promela formal verification language, which can then be formally analysed using spins model checker. This chapter focuses on designing software architectures of mobile applications using an aspectoriented architecture description language aoadl. Ambient prisma is an architectural approach for specifying aspect oriented software architecture and generating code of distributed and mobile systems. Visual specification and analysis of contractbased.
A simple, leasttime, and energyefficient routing protocol with onelevel data aggregation for wireless sensor networks. Modeling service oriented architectures of mobile applications by extending soaml with ambients. However, dealing with such features is a tremendous challenge for different software paradigms, particularly componentbased software development cbsd where components can be used as black box software units. Visual specification and analysis of contractbased software. In this paper, we present how a platformindependent model called ambientprisma combines both ambient calculus and aspectoriented software architecture for the specification of distributed and mobile systems. Journal of systems and software software architecture. Using modeling and simulation to define information. Ambients are introduced in prisma as specialized kinds of connectors that offer mobility services to architectural elements components and connectors and are able to coordinate a boundary, which models the notion of location. Iii abstract nowadays, distributed systems have become part of our daily lives thanks to the success of internet. In this paper, we describe how our work combines ambient calculus with prisma to develop distributed and mobile systems gaining their advantages. Prisma provides a formal aspectoriented architecture description language aoadl for specifying aspectoriented software architectures. Ambients in mobile aspectoriented software architecture. The development of distributed and mobile software is a complex task. This paper presents a metamodel that introduces ambients to design aspectoriented software architectural models for mobile systems.
Ambients in mobile aspectoriented software architecture article in journal of systems and software 836. Pdf developing mobile ambients using an aspectoriented. We build onambients a modelling approach that can explicitly capturefunctional boundaries and their adaptation. Mobile prosumer environments require the communication with heterogeneous devices during the execution of mobile services. In this paper, ambient prisma is mapped into a formal language called channel ambient calculus, a. Aspectoriented software development and software architectures promise to achieve. The implementation of an ambient prisma aspect oriented software architecture is supported by ambient prismanet middleware. Managing tradeoffs in adaptable software architectures explores the latest research on adapting large complex systems to changing requirements. Dr nour ali is a senior lecturer in the department of computer science at brunel university london since june 2017. Software architecture for big data and the cloud is designed to be a single resource that brings together research on how software architectures can solve the challenges imposed by building big data software systems. Computers and office automation data security management software software architecture. Software architecture for big data and the cloud 1.
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