Showing papers in "International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications in 2011"
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TL;DR: This paper proposes an architecture conceived for supporting rapid design and implementation of Wireless Body Sensor Network applications having autonomic characteristics based on the SPINE2 framework and its important distinctive feature is an architecture for guaranteeing the separation of concerns between the user-defined application logic and the autonomic-related operations.
Abstract: This paper proposes an architecture conceived for supporting rapid design and implementation of Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) applications having autonomic characteristics. WBSNs represent the most suitable systems for monitoring and controlling physical and biochemical parameters on the human body, and thus supporting high-impact applications in a variety of human-centered domains The effectiveness of WBSN applications is a critical issue since their correctness and efficiency have to be assured not only at design/implementation time but notably at execution time. The autonomic computing paradigm can perfectly meet the critical requirements of WBSN applications such as fault tolerance, adaptability, and reliability, due to its fundamental self-* properties. In particular, our solution is based on the SPINE2 framework and its important distinctive feature is an architecture for guaranteeing the separation of concerns between the user-defined application logic and the autonomic-related operations. Our proposal is finally exemplified through a case study concerning the development of an autonomic application for human activity monitoring.
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TL;DR: This paper shows how security can be dealt with as one of different Qual- ity of Service dimensions and traded for control performance in an adaptive QoS management scheme.
Abstract: Networked embedded and control systems are largely used in factory au- tomation for production and logistics tasks. In this application domain, security has become a prominent issue due to the critical consequences a cyber attack may have in terms of safety and financial losses. Unfortunately security solutions compete against control applications for the often scarce resources of embedded platforms. In this paper, we show how security can be dealt with as one of different Qual- ity of Service dimensions and traded for control performance in an adaptive QoS management scheme. The system is able to respond to increased resource require- ments or to changes in the risk level by reconfiguring the application modes and the security modes. We offer an explanatory case study to show how this idea is implemented.