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White Papers
Expressive and Extensible Parameter Passing for Distributed Object Systems
Apr 2010
In modern distributed object systems, reference parameters to a remote method are passed ac-cording to their runtime type. This design choice limits the expressiveness, readability, and...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Efficient Automated Marshaling of C++ Data Structures for MPI Applications
Feb 2008
The authors present an automated approach for marshaling C++ data structures in High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. The approach utilizes a graphical editor through which the user can...
Provided by Virginia Tech
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White Papers
DeXteR - An Extensible Framework for Declarative Parameter Passing in Distributed Object Systems
Oct 2008
In modern distributed object systems, reference parameters are passed to a remote method based on their runtime type. The authors argue that such type-based parameter passing is limiting with...
Provided by Virginia Tech
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Research
Introducing Master Data Management
Nov 2006
Master data management (MDM) is a business capability enabled through the alignment of multiple information management technologies, business process improvements, and organizational commitments....
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Principles of BPEL, Orchestration, and the ESB
Jan 2007
This white paper highlights a variety of shortcomings that are characteristic of many enterprise service bus (ESB) offerings, including: Lack of standards, hence lack of interoperability and...
Provided by Cape Clear Software
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White Papers
Enviro-Track: Towards an Environmental Computing Paradigm for Distributed Sensor Networks
Jan 2011
Distributed sensor networks are quickly gaining recognition as viable embedded computing platforms. Current techniques for programming sensor networks are cumbersome, inflexible, and low-level....
Provided by University of Virginia
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White Papers
Investigating the Use of Model-Driven Generative Techniques for Middleware Performance Analysis
Jan 2011
The increasing demand for faster availability of new, feature-rich and high performance network-centric services imposes the need for these services to be rapidly developed via composition,...
Provided by University of Alabama
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White Papers
Automating Systems QoS Design Using Model Transformations
Nov 2007
Service Oriented Archictures (SOA) such as Web Services (WS) and Component middleware technologies such as Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) and CORBA Component Model (CCM) have raised the level of...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Evaluating Transport Protocols for Real-Time Event Stream Processing Middleware and Applications
Jun 2009
Real-Time Event Stream Processing (RT-ESP) applications must synchronize continuous data streams despite fluctuations in resource availability. Satisfying these needs of RT-ESP applications...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Evaluating the Correctness and Effectiveness of a Middleware QoS Configuration Process in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Feb 2008
Recent advances in software processes and artifacts for automating middleware configurations in Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems are starting to address the complexities faced by...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Automating Middleware Specializations for Fault Tolerance
Oct 2008
General-purpose middleware solutions, by definition, cannot readily support domain-specific semantics without significant manual efforts in specializing the middleware. This paper presents GRAFT...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
A Generative Middleware Specialization Process for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Jan 2011
General-purpose middleware must often be specialized for resource-constrained, real-time and embedded systems to improve their response-times, reliability, memory footprint, and even power...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Middleware Specialization for Product-Lines Using Feature-Oriented Reverse Engineering
Nov 2009
Supporting the varied software feature requirements of multiple variants of a software product-line while promoting reuse forces product line engineers to use general-purpose, feature-rich...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Self- Software Architectures and Component Middleware in Pervasive Environments
Sep 2007
Software systems that execute in embedded and pervasive environments are frequently required to be self-monitoring, self-adapting, and self-healing. However, supporting these self-capabilities in...
Provided by University of Southern California
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White Papers
Automating Middleware QoS Configuration Generation Using Model Transformations
Apr 2008
Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is increasingly used for productivity enhancement and correct-by-construction development of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems. Despite this trend,...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automated Middleware QoS Configuration Techniques for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
Quite often the modeling tools used in the development lifecycle of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems are middleware-specific, where they elevate middleware artifacts, such as...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
NetQoPE: A Model-Driven Network QoS Provisioning Engine for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Oct 2007
This paper provides two contributions to the study of quality of service (QoS)-enabled middleware that supports the network QoS requirements of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems....
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Design-Time Optimization Techniques for Middleware QoS Configuration in Distributed Real-Time Systems
Oct 2008
In component-based Distributed, Real-time, and Embedded (DRE) systems, the deployment of application components and configuration of the middleware play an important role in determining the...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Metaprogrammable Middleware Deployment and Configuration for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Aug 2007
Modern Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) or smart power distribution, comprise multiple collaborating services with different...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automated Middleware QoS Configuration Techniques Using Model Transformations
Aug 2007
This paper provides following three contributions to the study of developing and applying Model Driven Engineering (MDE) techniques to Quality of Service (QoS) configuration of Distributed...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Supporting Component-Based Failover Units in Middleware for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Nov 2009
Although component middleware is increasingly used to develop Distributed, Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, it poses new fault-tolerance challenges, such as the need for efficient...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
QUICKER: A Model-Driven QoS Mapping Tool for QoS-Enabled Component Middleware
Jan 2009
This paper provides three contributions to the study of Quality of Service (QoS) configuration in component-based DRE systems. First, the authors describe the challenges associated with mapping...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Modularizing Variability and Scalability Concerns in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems With Modeling Tools and Component Middleware: A Case Study
Jan 2011
Developing real-time software for large-scale Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems is hard due to variabilities that arise from integration with various subsystems based on different...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Generative Techniques to Specialize Middleware for Fault Tolerance
May 2008
Although contemporary general-purpose middleware provide solutions for fault tolerance, these solutions cannot adequately support the diverse failure handling and recovery semantics imposed by...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Towards Middleware for Fault-Tolerance in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Jan 2008
Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems often require support for multiple simultaneous Quality of Service (QoS) properties, such as real-timeliness and fault tolerance, that operate...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
RIDGE: Combining Reliability and Performance in Open Grid Platforms
Jun 2007
Large-scale donation-based distributed infrastructures need to cope with the inherent unreliability of participant nodes. A widely-used work scheduling technique in such environments is to...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
SAP BusinessObjects Edge Business Agility for Midsize Companies
Apr 2011
As a midsize company, you need to be faster and more focused than your bigger competitors. The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge Strategy Management application helps you develop the business...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Design and Evaluation of a Wide - Area Distributed Shared Memory Middleware
Jul 2007
This paper describes the design, implementation and experimental evaluation of an object-based Distributed Shared Memory middle-ware system. That system is unique among the existing DSMs as it...
Provided by University of Bologna
-
Whitepapers
Video - IBM Smart SOA and Websphere Lower Costs for any size business.
Apr 2011
With heterogeneous environments, rigid systems, proprietary applications or technology and siloed information across the enterprise, deployment of new applications and services can be time...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Middleware-Based Database Replication: The Gaps Between Theory and Practice
Jun 2008
The need for high availability and performance in data management systems has been fueling a long running interest in database replication from both academia and industry. However, academic groups...
Provided by EPFL
-
White Papers
TEC-Seeing the Big Picture-A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT
Apr 2011
Real-time visibility provides a means to verify and justify results, as well as full confidence that your company is leveraging the right information at the right time. With the right IT personnel...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Dynamic Virtual Clusters in a Grid Site Manager
Jan 2011
This paper presents new mechanisms for dynamic resource management in a cluster manager called Cluster-On-Demand (COD). COD allocates servers from a common pool to multiple virtual clusters...
Provided by Duke University
-
White Papers
SASSI: The Sliverware Architecture for Sensor System Integration
Nov 2007
Recently, embedded sensor usage has increased thanks to the proliferation of hardware and software addressing resource constraints. While the increased usage is a good start, it is important to...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
An Analytic Framework for Protocol Analysis in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Nov 2007
One of the essential requirements to design adaptive middleware for mobile ad hoc networks is a model that estimates the performance of communication protocols in the network. This paper obtains...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Opening Pervasive Computing to the Masses Using the SEAP Middleware
Oct 2008
The increasing availability of sensing devices has made the possibility of context-aware pervasive computing applications real. However, constructing this software requires extensive knowledge...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
CDTOM: A Context-Driven Task-Oriented Middleware for Pervasive Homecare Environment
Jan 2011
With the growing number of the elderly, the authors see a greater demand for home care, and the vision of pervasive computing is also floating into the domain of the household that aims to build a...
Provided by University of Sherbrooke
-
White Papers
PAQ: Adapting Query Fidelity in Dynamic Networks
Jun 2009
Ubiquitous computing applications have been enabled by a tight embedding of computation to the environment, support for dynamic networks, and the physical distribution of application components....
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Supporting Proactive Application Event Notification to Improve Sensor Network Performance
Sep 2010
As wireless sensor networks gain in popularity, many deployments are posing new challenges due to their diverse topologies and resource constraints. Previous work has shown the advantage of...
Provided by ICST
-
White Papers
MaDMAN: A Middleware for Delay-Tolerant Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Feb 2010
As Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs), dynamic networks in which nodes are not always connected to one another, gain traction in both the research community and in real-world deployments, research...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Application Sessions: Conversation Abstractions for Pervasive Computing
Mar 2010
Pervasive computing application development demands abstractions that reify the notion of a conversation among distributed entities in dynamic and unpredictable environments. The authors define...
Provided by University of Texas
-
Whitepapers
Video - IBM Smart SOA and Websphere Lower Costs for any size business.
Apr 2011
With heterogeneous environments, rigid systems, proprietary applications or technology and siloed information across the enterprise, deployment of new applications and services can be time...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Design and Evaluation of a Wide - Area Distributed Shared Memory Middleware
Jul 2007
This paper describes the design, implementation and experimental evaluation of an object-based Distributed Shared Memory middle-ware system. That system is unique among the existing DSMs as it...
Provided by University of Bologna
-
White Papers
SAP BusinessObjects Edge Business Agility for Midsize Companies
Apr 2011
As a midsize company, you need to be faster and more focused than your bigger competitors. The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge Strategy Management application helps you develop the business...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
RIDGE: Combining Reliability and Performance in Open Grid Platforms
Jun 2007
Large-scale donation-based distributed infrastructures need to cope with the inherent unreliability of participant nodes. A widely-used work scheduling technique in such environments is to...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Towards Middleware for Fault-Tolerance in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Jan 2008
Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems often require support for multiple simultaneous Quality of Service (QoS) properties, such as real-timeliness and fault tolerance, that operate...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Generative Techniques to Specialize Middleware for Fault Tolerance
May 2008
Although contemporary general-purpose middleware provide solutions for fault tolerance, these solutions cannot adequately support the diverse failure handling and recovery semantics imposed by...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Modularizing Variability and Scalability Concerns in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems With Modeling Tools and Component Middleware: A Case Study
Jan 2011
Developing real-time software for large-scale Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems is hard due to variabilities that arise from integration with various subsystems based on different...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
QUICKER: A Model-Driven QoS Mapping Tool for QoS-Enabled Component Middleware
Jan 2009
This paper provides three contributions to the study of Quality of Service (QoS) configuration in component-based DRE systems. First, the authors describe the challenges associated with mapping...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Supporting Component-Based Failover Units in Middleware for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Nov 2009
Although component middleware is increasingly used to develop Distributed, Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, it poses new fault-tolerance challenges, such as the need for efficient...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automated Middleware QoS Configuration Techniques Using Model Transformations
Aug 2007
This paper provides following three contributions to the study of developing and applying Model Driven Engineering (MDE) techniques to Quality of Service (QoS) configuration of Distributed...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Metaprogrammable Middleware Deployment and Configuration for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Aug 2007
Modern Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) or smart power distribution, comprise multiple collaborating services with different...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Design-Time Optimization Techniques for Middleware QoS Configuration in Distributed Real-Time Systems
Oct 2008
In component-based Distributed, Real-time, and Embedded (DRE) systems, the deployment of application components and configuration of the middleware play an important role in determining the...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
NetQoPE: A Model-Driven Network QoS Provisioning Engine for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Oct 2007
This paper provides two contributions to the study of quality of service (QoS)-enabled middleware that supports the network QoS requirements of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems....
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automated Middleware QoS Configuration Techniques for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
Quite often the modeling tools used in the development lifecycle of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems are middleware-specific, where they elevate middleware artifacts, such as...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automating Middleware QoS Configuration Generation Using Model Transformations
Apr 2008
Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is increasingly used for productivity enhancement and correct-by-construction development of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems. Despite this trend,...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Self- Software Architectures and Component Middleware in Pervasive Environments
Sep 2007
Software systems that execute in embedded and pervasive environments are frequently required to be self-monitoring, self-adapting, and self-healing. However, supporting these self-capabilities in...
Provided by University of Southern California
-
White Papers
Middleware Specialization for Product-Lines Using Feature-Oriented Reverse Engineering
Nov 2009
Supporting the varied software feature requirements of multiple variants of a software product-line while promoting reuse forces product line engineers to use general-purpose, feature-rich...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
A Generative Middleware Specialization Process for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Jan 2011
General-purpose middleware must often be specialized for resource-constrained, real-time and embedded systems to improve their response-times, reliability, memory footprint, and even power...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automating Middleware Specializations for Fault Tolerance
Oct 2008
General-purpose middleware solutions, by definition, cannot readily support domain-specific semantics without significant manual efforts in specializing the middleware. This paper presents GRAFT...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Evaluating the Correctness and Effectiveness of a Middleware QoS Configuration Process in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Feb 2008
Recent advances in software processes and artifacts for automating middleware configurations in Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems are starting to address the complexities faced by...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Evaluating Transport Protocols for Real-Time Event Stream Processing Middleware and Applications
Jun 2009
Real-Time Event Stream Processing (RT-ESP) applications must synchronize continuous data streams despite fluctuations in resource availability. Satisfying these needs of RT-ESP applications...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automating Systems QoS Design Using Model Transformations
Nov 2007
Service Oriented Archictures (SOA) such as Web Services (WS) and Component middleware technologies such as Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) and CORBA Component Model (CCM) have raised the level of...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Investigating the Use of Model-Driven Generative Techniques for Middleware Performance Analysis
Jan 2011
The increasing demand for faster availability of new, feature-rich and high performance network-centric services imposes the need for these services to be rapidly developed via composition,...
Provided by University of Alabama
-
White Papers
Enviro-Track: Towards an Environmental Computing Paradigm for Distributed Sensor Networks
Jan 2011
Distributed sensor networks are quickly gaining recognition as viable embedded computing platforms. Current techniques for programming sensor networks are cumbersome, inflexible, and low-level....
Provided by University of Virginia
-
White Papers
DeXteR - An Extensible Framework for Declarative Parameter Passing in Distributed Object Systems
Oct 2008
In modern distributed object systems, reference parameters are passed to a remote method based on their runtime type. The authors argue that such type-based parameter passing is limiting with...
Provided by Virginia Tech
-
White Papers
Efficient Automated Marshaling of C++ Data Structures for MPI Applications
Feb 2008
The authors present an automated approach for marshaling C++ data structures in High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. The approach utilizes a graphical editor through which the user can...
Provided by Virginia Tech
-
White Papers
Expressive and Extensible Parameter Passing for Distributed Object Systems
Apr 2010
In modern distributed object systems, reference parameters to a remote method are passed ac-cording to their runtime type. This design choice limits the expressiveness, readability, and...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Which Middleware Platform Should You Choose for Your Next Remote Service?
Feb 2011
Due to the shift from Software-As-A-Product (SaaP) to Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), software components that were developed to run in a single address space must increasingly be accessed remotely...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin
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White Papers
MobiSoC: A Middleware for Mobile Social Computing Applications
Oct 2008
Recently, the authors started to experience a shift from physical communities to virtual communities, which leads to missed social opportunities in the daily routine. For instance, they are not...
Provided by New Jersey Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Implementation Technology of Building Middleware by Web Services
Jul 2010
The "Information island" formed in the process of the information development has become a constraint of the information sharing. This paper provides a distributed application platform combining...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Distributed Policy Resolution Through Negotiation in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
Sep 2009
Ensuring spontaneous ad hoc interoperation in decentralized ubiquitous computing environments is challenging, because of heterogeneous resources and divergent policies. Centralized cross-domain...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Application Server Platforms
Mar 2010
The growth of e-business is driving the demand for middleware solutions that seamlessly integrate disparate systems into a unified value chain. A profusion of middleware categories complicates...
Provided by UO Continuing Education
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White Papers
Multi-Hop Multi-Path Cooperative Connectivity Guided by Mobility, Throughput, and Energy Awareness: A Middleware Approach
Sep 2009
The widespread diffusion of portable devices with multiple wireless interfaces, e.g., UMTS/GPRS, IEEE 802.11, and/or Bluetooth, is enabling multi-homing and multi-channel scenarios, possibly made...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Improving User Satisfaction in a Ubiquitous Computing Application
Jun 2008
The Smart Party is a ubiquitous computing application based on the Panoply middleware. The Smart Party allows attendees at a party to transparently participate in the selection of music played at...
Provided by UCLA
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White Papers
FCS/nORB: A Feedback Control Real-Time Scheduling Service in Object Request Broker Middleware
Jan 2011
Object Request Broker (ORB) middleware has shown promise in meeting the functional and real-time performance requirements of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems. However, existing...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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White Papers
Towards a Formal Standard for Interoperability in M&S/System of Systems Integration
Jan 2011
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is finding increasing application in development and testing of command and control systems comprised of information-intensive component systems. In this paper, the...
Provided by Georgia State University
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Whitepapers
Evaluate: IBM WebSphere MQ
Mar 2011
IBM® WebSphere® MQ provides a universal mes¬saging backbone that enables virtually any commercial IT system to be con¬nected with a reliable, flexible transport. This free trial version of IBM...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
In today's uncertain economy, mid-sized organizations are pressured to do more with less—to cut costs and reduce risks, to increase revenues and productivity, and to get more value from information technology.
Mar 2011
With heterogeneous environments, rigid systems, proprietary applications or technology and siloed information across the enterprise, deployment of new applications and services can be time...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
FCS/nORB: A Feedback Control Real-Time Scheduling Service for Embedded ORB Middleware
May 2008
Object Request Broker (ORB) middleware has shown promise in meeting the functional and real-time performance requirements of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems. However, existing...
Provided by Reed Elsevier
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White Papers
Configurable Middleware for Distributed Real-Time Systems With Aperiodic and Periodic Tasks
Mar 2010
Different Distributed Real-time Systems (DRS) must handle aperiodic and periodic events under diverse sets of requirements. While existing middleware such as Real-Time CORBA has shown promise as a...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-
White Papers
Automating Middleware QoS Configuration Generation Using Model Transformations
Apr 2008
Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is increasingly used for productivity enhancement and correct-by-construction development of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems. Despite this trend,...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automated Middleware QoS Configuration Techniques for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
Quite often the modeling tools used in the development lifecycle of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems are middleware-specific, where they elevate middleware artifacts, such as...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
NetQoPE: A Model-Driven Network QoS Provisioning Engine for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Oct 2007
This paper provides two contributions to the study of quality of service (QoS)-enabled middleware that supports the network QoS requirements of Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems....
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Design-Time Optimization Techniques for Middleware QoS Configuration in Distributed Real-Time Systems
Oct 2008
In component-based Distributed, Real-time, and Embedded (DRE) systems, the deployment of application components and configuration of the middleware play an important role in determining the...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Metaprogrammable Middleware Deployment and Configuration for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Aug 2007
Modern Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) or smart power distribution, comprise multiple collaborating services with different...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Automated Middleware QoS Configuration Techniques Using Model Transformations
Aug 2007
This paper provides following three contributions to the study of developing and applying Model Driven Engineering (MDE) techniques to Quality of Service (QoS) configuration of Distributed...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Supporting Component-Based Failover Units in Middleware for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Nov 2009
Although component middleware is increasingly used to develop Distributed, Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, it poses new fault-tolerance challenges, such as the need for efficient...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
QUICKER: A Model-Driven QoS Mapping Tool for QoS-Enabled Component Middleware
Jan 2009
This paper provides three contributions to the study of Quality of Service (QoS) configuration in component-based DRE systems. First, the authors describe the challenges associated with mapping...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Modularizing Variability and Scalability Concerns in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems With Modeling Tools and Component Middleware: A Case Study
Jan 2011
Developing real-time software for large-scale Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems is hard due to variabilities that arise from integration with various subsystems based on different...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
Generative Techniques to Specialize Middleware for Fault Tolerance
May 2008
Although contemporary general-purpose middleware provide solutions for fault tolerance, these solutions cannot adequately support the diverse failure handling and recovery semantics imposed by...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Towards Middleware for Fault-Tolerance in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Jan 2008
Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems often require support for multiple simultaneous Quality of Service (QoS) properties, such as real-timeliness and fault tolerance, that operate...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
-
White Papers
RIDGE: Combining Reliability and Performance in Open Grid Platforms
Jun 2007
Large-scale donation-based distributed infrastructures need to cope with the inherent unreliability of participant nodes. A widely-used work scheduling technique in such environments is to...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
SAP BusinessObjects Edge Business Agility for Midsize Companies
Apr 2011
As a midsize company, you need to be faster and more focused than your bigger competitors. The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge Strategy Management application helps you develop the business...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Design and Evaluation of a Wide - Area Distributed Shared Memory Middleware
Jul 2007
This paper describes the design, implementation and experimental evaluation of an object-based Distributed Shared Memory middle-ware system. That system is unique among the existing DSMs as it...
Provided by University of Bologna
-
Whitepapers
Video - IBM Smart SOA and Websphere Lower Costs for any size business.
Apr 2011
With heterogeneous environments, rigid systems, proprietary applications or technology and siloed information across the enterprise, deployment of new applications and services can be time...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Middleware-Based Database Replication: The Gaps Between Theory and Practice
Jun 2008
The need for high availability and performance in data management systems has been fueling a long running interest in database replication from both academia and industry. However, academic groups...
Provided by EPFL
-
White Papers
TEC-Seeing the Big Picture-A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT
Apr 2011
Real-time visibility provides a means to verify and justify results, as well as full confidence that your company is leveraging the right information at the right time. With the right IT personnel...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Dynamic Virtual Clusters in a Grid Site Manager
Jan 2011
This paper presents new mechanisms for dynamic resource management in a cluster manager called Cluster-On-Demand (COD). COD allocates servers from a common pool to multiple virtual clusters...
Provided by Duke University
-
White Papers
SASSI: The Sliverware Architecture for Sensor System Integration
Nov 2007
Recently, embedded sensor usage has increased thanks to the proliferation of hardware and software addressing resource constraints. While the increased usage is a good start, it is important to...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
An Analytic Framework for Protocol Analysis in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Nov 2007
One of the essential requirements to design adaptive middleware for mobile ad hoc networks is a model that estimates the performance of communication protocols in the network. This paper obtains...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Opening Pervasive Computing to the Masses Using the SEAP Middleware
Oct 2008
The increasing availability of sensing devices has made the possibility of context-aware pervasive computing applications real. However, constructing this software requires extensive knowledge...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
CDTOM: A Context-Driven Task-Oriented Middleware for Pervasive Homecare Environment
Jan 2011
With the growing number of the elderly, the authors see a greater demand for home care, and the vision of pervasive computing is also floating into the domain of the household that aims to build a...
Provided by University of Sherbrooke
-
White Papers
PAQ: Adapting Query Fidelity in Dynamic Networks
Jun 2009
Ubiquitous computing applications have been enabled by a tight embedding of computation to the environment, support for dynamic networks, and the physical distribution of application components....
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Supporting Proactive Application Event Notification to Improve Sensor Network Performance
Sep 2010
As wireless sensor networks gain in popularity, many deployments are posing new challenges due to their diverse topologies and resource constraints. Previous work has shown the advantage of...
Provided by ICST
-
White Papers
MaDMAN: A Middleware for Delay-Tolerant Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Feb 2010
As Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs), dynamic networks in which nodes are not always connected to one another, gain traction in both the research community and in real-world deployments, research...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Application Sessions: Conversation Abstractions for Pervasive Computing
Mar 2010
Pervasive computing application development demands abstractions that reify the notion of a conversation among distributed entities in dynamic and unpredictable environments. The authors define...
Provided by University of Texas
-
White Papers
Scaling and Continuous Availability in Database Server Clusters Through Multiversion Replication
Jan 2011
In this paper, the authors study replication techniques for scaling and continuous operation for a dynamic content server. The focus is on supporting transparent and fast reconfiguration of its...
Provided by University of Toronto
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Enhanced Coordination in Sensor Networks Through Flexible Service Provisioning
Aug 2009
Heterogeneous wireless sensor networks represent a challenging programming environment. Servilla addresses this by offering a new middleware framework that provides service provisioning. Using...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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The Design and Implementation of MCFlow: A Real-Time Multi-Core Aware Middleware for Dependent Task Graphs
Oct 2010
Modern computer architectures have evolved from uniprocessor platforms to multi-processor and multi-core platforms, but traditional real-time distributed middleware such as RT-CORBA has not kept...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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Reusable Models for Timing and Liveness Analysis of Middleware for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Aug 2009
Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems have stringent constraints on timeliness and other properties whose assurance is crucial to correct system behavior. Formal tools and techniques...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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CiAN: A Language and Middleware for Collaboration in Ad Hoc Networks
Aug 2009
Designing software that supports collaboration among multiple users in mobile ad hoc networks is challenging due to the dynamic network topology and inherent unpredictability of the environment....
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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Configurable Component Middleware for Distributed Real-Time Systems With Aperiodic and Periodic Tasks
Aug 2009
Many distributed real-time applications must handle mixed periodic and aperiodic tasks with diverse requirements. However, existing middleware lacks flexible configuration mechanisms needed to...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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Customizing Component Middleware for Distributed Real-Time Systems With Aperiodic and Periodic Tasks
Aug 2009
Many distributed real-time applications must handle mixed aperiodic and periodic tasks with diverse requirements. However, existing middleware lacks flexible configuration mechanisms needed to...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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Real-Time Performance and Middleware on Multicore Linux Platforms
May 2008
An increasing number of distributed real-time applications are running on multicore platforms. However, existing real-time middleware (e.g., Real-Time CORBA) lacks support for scheduling soft...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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A Low Cost and Resilient Message Queuing Middleware
Aug 2008
Message Queuing Middlewares (MQMs) are gaining more and more attention in large enterprises for building highly available asynchronous messaging systems and for integrating heterogeneous...
Provided by Saitama University
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Trend Advisory: Converged Infrastructure
Dec 2010
While managing increasingly virtualized environments, IT managers have begun to see their projected efficiencies and utilization dwindle in the face of their overwhelmed storage and data assets,...
Provided by CDW
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Whitepapers
Five IT Projects for Business Agility
May 2011
Here are five IT projects that directly help CEOs deal with accelerating business change using technologies ranging from business process management (BPM) to collaboration to service-oriented...
Provided by IBM
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An Improved Resource Discovery Approach Using P2P Model for Condor: A Grid Middleware
Jun 2009
Resource Discovery in Grids is critical for efficient resource allocation and management. Heterogeneous nature and dynamic availability of resources make resource discovery a challenging task. As...
Provided by Thapar Institute
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Designing Lightweight Software Architectures for Smart Environments
May 2010
Smart environment applications have gained a lot of attention and acceptance from the community. For this reason, many design and evaluation efforts target these applications. However, these...
Provided by Washington State University
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ESCAPE - An Adaptive Framework for Managing and Providing Context Information in Emergency Situations
Oct 2007
Supporting adaptive processes in tackling emergency situations, such as disasters, is a key issue for any emergency management system. In such situations, various teams are deployed in many sites,...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
