Title :
A structured design technique for distributed programs
Author :
Polman, Mark ; Van Steen, Maarten ; De Bruin, Arie
Author_Institution :
Erasmus Univ., Rotterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
A non-formal motivation and description is given of ADL-d, a graphical design technique for parallel and distributed software. ADL-d allows a developer to construct an application in terms of communicating processes. The technique distinguishes itself from others by its rigid orthogonal approach to communication modeling, which is advantageous in many areas. Without being committed to one particular design method, ADL-d as a technique can be used from the early phases of application design through phases that concentrate on algorithmic design, and final implementation on some target platform. The authors discuss and motivate all ADL-d components, including recently incorporated features such as support for connection-oriented communication, and support for modeling dynamically changing communication structures
Keywords :
distributed processing; structured programming; visual programming; ADL-d; algorithmic design; application design; communicating processes; connection-oriented communication; distributed programs; distributed software; dynamically changing communication structure modelling; graphical design technique; parallel software; rigid orthogonal communication modelling; structured design technique; Application software; Design methodology; Ear; Libraries; Microwave integrated circuits; Postal services; Read only memory; Robustness; Skeleton; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1998. COMPSAC '98. Proceedings. The Twenty-Second Annual International
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8585-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPSAC.1998.716672