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A Model for the Evaluation of User-Perceived Service Properties

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Authors
Dittrich A., Kaitovic I., Murillo Miranda C. M., Ribeiro Rezende R.
Type
Article in conference proceedings
Year
2013
Language
English
Abstract
An ever-increasing number of both functional and non-functional requirements has resulted in growing system complexity which demands new solutions in system modeling and evaluation. As a remedy, service-oriented architecture (SOA) offers services as basic building elements of system design. Service dependability is highly dependent on the properties of the underlying information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. This is especially true for the user-perceived dependability of a specific pair service client and provider as every pair may utilize different ICT components. We provide a model for the description of ICT components and their non-functional properties based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Given a service description, a network topology model and a pair service client and provider, we propose a methodology to automatically identify relevant ICT components and generate a user-perceived service infrastructure model (UPSIM). We demonstrate the feasibility of the methodology by applying it to parts of the service network infrastructure at Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland. We then show how this methodology can be used to facilitate user-perceived service dependability analysis.
Conference proceedings
International Symposium on Parallel Distributed Processing, Workshops and Phd Forum (IPDPSW)
Month
May
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Meeting place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN
978-0-7695-4979-8
Keywords
availability, design engineering, metamodeling, modeling, object oriented modeling, quality of service (QoS), service dependability, service network management, service networks