Self-* software architectures and component middleware in pervasive environments

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Self-* software architectures and component middleware in pervasive environments

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Proceedings of the 5th international workshop on Middleware for pervasive and ad-hoc computing: held at the ACM/IFIP/USENIX 8th International Middleware Conference table of contents

Newport Beach, California

Pages 25-30

Year of Publication: 2007

ISBN:978-1-59593-930-2

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George Edwards	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Chiyoung Seo	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Popescu	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Sam Malek	George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Nenad Medvidovic	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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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 pervasive environments creates a number of unique engineering challenges. This paper first describes the challenges that we believe to be the most significant based on our experience developing real-world pervasive software applications with self-* capabilities. We then discuss each challenge in the context of four strategies commonly employed in self-* systems: dynamic software update, service discovery, transparent replication, and logical mobility. Finally, we explain how each strategy is implemented in our architectural middleware platform, Prism-MW.

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