Title :
SEPDS: a support environment for prototyping distributed systems
Author :
Levy, A.M. ; Van Katwijk, J. ; Pavlidis, G. ; Tolsma, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Inf., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
The SEPDS system is an engineering framework for experimentation and prototyping. It is intended to provide a cohesive and integrated set of tools to support the design process and profiling of distributed systems. The architecture of the SEPDS system, based on an object-oriented prototyping approach, is described. The underlying concept and the separate system components are also described. The prototyping of distributed systems encompasses such considerations as parallelism, object grain size, and communication and synchronization overhead. The computing power of the available processors is exploited. The features and advantages of the SEPDS system are discussed, emphasizing the features closely related to the distributed system simulation and profiling. The current status of the project and directions for future work are also discussed
Keywords :
distributed processing; object-oriented programming; project support environments; software prototyping; SEPDS; communication overhead; distributed systems; engineering framework; object grain size; object-oriented prototyping approach; parallelism; profiling; support environment; synchronization overhead; system simulation; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Informatics; Mathematics; Object oriented modeling; Parallel processing; Programming; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Integration, 1990. Systems Integration '90., Proceedings of the First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Morristown, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9027-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSI.1990.138731
