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A Design Tool for Service-oriented Systems
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems. (IS (Software Testing Laboratory))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2416-4205
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems. (IS (Formal Modelling and Analysis of Embedded Systems))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7663-5497
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems. (IS (Formal Modelling and Analysis of Embedded Systems))ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5293-3804
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems. (IS (Formal Modelling and Analysis of Embedded Systems))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2870-2680
2013 (English)In: Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, E-ISSN 1571-0661, Vol. 295, p. 95-100Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper we present a modeling and analysis tool for service-oriented systems. The tool enables graphical modeling of service-based systems, within the resource-aware timed behavioral language Remes, as well as a textual system description. We have developed a graphical environment where services can be composed as desired by the user, together with a textual service composition interface in which compositions can also be checked for correctness. We also provide automated traceability between the two design interfaces, which results in a tool that enhances the potential of system design by intuitive service manipulation. The paper presents the design principles, infrastructure, and the user interface of our tool.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. Vol. 295, p. 95-100
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Computer Sciences
Research subject
Computer Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-14128DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2013.04.008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84877250201OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-14128DiVA, id: diva2:488104
Conference
Proceedings the 9th International Workshop on Formal Engineering approaches to Software Components and Architectures (FESCA)
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ContesseMBATATACAvailable from: 2012-02-01 Created: 2012-02-01 Last updated: 2024-07-04Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Formal Approaches for Behavioral Modeling and Analysis of Design-time Services and Service Negotiations
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Formal Approaches for Behavioral Modeling and Analysis of Design-time Services and Service Negotiations
2014 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

During the past decade service-orientation has become a popular design paradigm, offering an approach in which services are the functional building blocks. Services are self-contained units of composition, built to be invoked, composed, and destroyed on (user) demand. Service-oriented systems (SOS) are a collection of services that are developed based on several design principles such as: (i) loose coupling between services (e.g., inter-service communication can involve either simple data passing or two or more connected services coordinating some activity) that allows services to be independent, yet highly interoperable when required; (ii) service abstraction, which emphasizes the need to hide as many implementation details as possible, yet still exposing functional and extra-functional capabilities that can be offered to service users; (iii) service reusability provided by the existing services in a rapid and flexible development process; (iv) service composability as one of the main assets of SOS that provide a design platform for services to be composed and decomposed, etc. One of the main concerns in such systems is ensuring service quality per se, but also guaranteeing the quality of newly composed services. To accomplish the above, we consider two system perspectives: the developer's and the user's view, respectively. In the former, one can be assumed to have access to the internal service representation: functionality, enabled actions, resource usage, and interactions with other services. In the second, one has information primarily on the service interface and exposed capabilities (attributes/features). Means of checking that services and service compositions meet the expected requirements, the so-called correctness issue, can enable optimization and possibility to guarantee a satisfactory level of a service composition quality. In order to accomplish exhaustive correctness checks of design-time SOS, we employ model-checking as the main formal verification technique, which eventually provides necessary information about quality-of-service (QoS), already at early stages of system development. ~As opposed to the traditional approach of software system construction, in SOS the same service may be offered at various prices, QoS, and other conditions, depending on the user needs. In such a setting, the interaction between involved parties requires the negotiation of what is possible at request time, aiming at meeting needs on demand. The service negotiation process often proceeds with timing, price, and resource constraints, under which users and providers exchange information on their respective goals, until reaching a consensus. Hence, a mathematically driven technique to analyze a priori various ways to achieve such goals is beneficial for understanding what and how can particular goals be achieved.

This thesis presents the research that we have been carrying out over the past few years, which resulted in developing methods and tools for the specification, modeling, and formal analysis of services and service compositions in SOS. The contributions of the thesis consist of: (i)constructs for the formal description of services and service compositions using the resource-aware timed behavioral language called REMES; (ii) deductive and algorithmic approaches for checking correctness of services and service compositions;(iii) a model of service negotiation that includes different negotiation strategies, formally analyzed against timing and resource constraints; (iv) a tool-chain (REMES SOS IDE) that provides an editor and verification support (by integration with the UPPAAL model-checker) to REMES-based service-oriented designs;(v) a relevant case-study by which we exercise the applicability of our framework.The presented work has also been applied on other smaller examples presented in the published papers.

Abstract [sv]

Under det senaste årtiondet har ett tjänstorienterat paradigm blivit allt-mer populärt i utvecklingen av datorsystem. I detta paradigm utgör så kallade tjänster den minsta funktionella systemenheten. Dessa tjänster är konstruerade så att de kan skapas, användas, sammansättas och avslutas separat. De ska vara oberoende av varandra samtidigt som de ska kunna fungera effektivt tillsammans och i samarbete med andra system när så behövs. Vidare ska tjänsterna dölja sina interna implementa-tionsdetaljer i så stor grad som möjligt, samtidigt som deras fulla funktionalitet ska exponeras för systemdesignern. Tjänsterna ska också på ett enkelt sätt kunna återanvändas och sammansättas i en snabb och flexibel utvecklingsprocess.En av de viktigaste aspekterna i tjänsteorienterade datorsystem är att kunna säkerställa systemens kvalitet. För att åstadkomma detta ärdet viktigt att få en djupare insikt om tjänstens interna funktionalitet, i termer av möjliga operationer, resursinformation, samt tänkbar inter-aktion med andra tjänster. Detta är speciellt viktigt när utvecklaren har möjlighet att välja mellan två funktionellt likvärda tjänster somär olika med avseende på andra egenskaper, såsom responstid eller andra resurskrav. I detta sammanhang kan en matematisk beskrivning av en tjänsts beteende ge ökad förståelse av tjänstemodellen, samt hjälpa användaren att koppla ihop tjänster på ett korrekt sätt. En matematisk beskrivning öppnar också upp för ett sätt att matematiskt resonera kring tjänster. Metoder för att kontrollera att komponerade tjänstermöter ställda resurskrav möjliggör också resursoptimering av tjänster samt verifiering av ställda kvalitetskrav.I denna avhandling presenteras forskning som har bedrivits under de senaste åren. Forskningen har resulterat i metoder och verktyg föratt specificera, modellera och formellt analysera tjänster och sammansättning av tjänster. Arbetet i avhandlingen består av (i) en formell definition av tjänster och sammansättning av tjänster med hjälp avett resursmedvetet formellt specifikationsspråk kallat Remes; (ii) två metoder för att analysera tjänster och kontrollera korrektheten i sammansättning av tjänster, både deduktivt och algoritmiskt; (iii) en modell av förhandlingsprocessen vid sammansättning av tjänster som inkluderar olika förhandlingsstrategier; (iv) ett antal verktyg som stödjer dessa metoder. Metoderna har använts i ett antal fallstudier som är presenterade i de publicerade artiklarna.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Västerås: Mälardalen University, 2014. p. 236
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Mälardalen University Press Dissertations, ISSN 1651-4238 ; 147
Keywords
Service-Oriented Systems, Formal modeling and Analysis, Service, Service Composition, Service Negotiation
National Category
Computer Sciences
Research subject
Computer Science
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urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-23271 (URN)978-91-7485-128-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2014-01-15, Pi, Högskoleplan 1, Västerås, 09:00 (English)
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Available from: 2013-12-10 Created: 2013-12-09 Last updated: 2018-01-11Bibliographically approved

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