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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development |
| Editors | Bran Selic, Luis Ferreira Pires, Slimane Hammoudi |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 449-483 |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| ISBN (print) | 9783319947631 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2017 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 19 Feb 2017 → 21 Feb 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Communications in Computer and Information Science |
|---|---|
| Volume | 880 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1865-0929 |
Abstract
In scenario-based programming (SBP), the semantics, which enables direct execution of these intuitive specifications, calls, among others, for synchronizing concurrent scenarios prior to every event-selection decision. Doing so even when the running scenarios are distributed across multiple physical system components, may degrade system performance or robustness. In this paper we describe a technique for automated distribution of an otherwise-centralized specification, such that much of the synchronization requirement may be relaxed. The technique calls for replicating the entire scenario-based executable specification in each of the components, locally transforming it in a component-specific manner, and reducing the synchronization requirements to very specific and well-defined points during execution. Our evaluation of the technique shows promising results. Given that relaxed synchronization can lead to what appears as different runs in different components we discuss various criteria for what would constitute acceptable differences, or divergence, in the parallel, distributed runs of almost-identical copies of a single specification. This paper incorporates and substantially extends the material of the paper published in MODLESWARD’17 Distributing Scenario-Based Models: A Replicate-and-Project Approach by the same authors [37].
Keywords
- Concurrency, Distributed systems, Scenario-based modeling, Software engineering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- General Computer Science
- Mathematics(all)
- General Mathematics
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Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development. ed. / Bran Selic; Luis Ferreira Pires; Slimane Hammoudi. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 449-483 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 880).
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AU - Marron, Assaf
N1 - Funding information:. This work is funded by grants from the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) and from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
PY - 2018
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N2 - In scenario-based programming (SBP), the semantics, which enables direct execution of these intuitive specifications, calls, among others, for synchronizing concurrent scenarios prior to every event-selection decision. Doing so even when the running scenarios are distributed across multiple physical system components, may degrade system performance or robustness. In this paper we describe a technique for automated distribution of an otherwise-centralized specification, such that much of the synchronization requirement may be relaxed. The technique calls for replicating the entire scenario-based executable specification in each of the components, locally transforming it in a component-specific manner, and reducing the synchronization requirements to very specific and well-defined points during execution. Our evaluation of the technique shows promising results. Given that relaxed synchronization can lead to what appears as different runs in different components we discuss various criteria for what would constitute acceptable differences, or divergence, in the parallel, distributed runs of almost-identical copies of a single specification. This paper incorporates and substantially extends the material of the paper published in MODLESWARD’17 Distributing Scenario-Based Models: A Replicate-and-Project Approach by the same authors [37].
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