Title :
Towards Evaluation Mechanisms for Runtime Adaptivity: From Case Studies to Metrics
Author :
Raibulet, Claudia ; Masciadri, Laura
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Inf. Sist. e Comun., Univ. degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a set of metrics for the description and evaluation of the adaptive properties of information systems. They aim to provide a concrete mechanism to analyze the quality of the design of adaptive systems, to determine the type of adaptivity of a system or to compare the adaptive features of different systems. The metrics are grouped into categories: architectural, structural, interaction, and performance. They have been identified and specified by analyzing several case studies, which address runtime adaptivity issues through different approaches with different objectives in various application contexts.
Keywords :
adaptive systems; software architecture; software metrics; software performance evaluation; adaptive system design quality analyzation; architectural category; evaluation mechanism; information systems adaptive property evaluation; interaction category; performance category; runtime adaptivity; structural category; Adaptive systems; Automation; Concrete; Delay; Information systems; Mechanical factors; Performance evaluation; Runtime; Terminology; Vocabulary; adaptivity; evaluation mechanisms; metrics;
Conference_Titel :
Future Computing, Service Computation, Cognitive, Adaptive, Content, Patterns, 2009. COMPUTATIONWORLD '09. Computation World:
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5166-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3862-4
DOI :
10.1109/ComputationWorld.2009.89
