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QoS Assurance for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Component-Based Software Systems
May-June 2012 (vol. 38 no. 3)
pp. 658-676
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Wei Li, "QoS Assurance for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Component-Based Software Systems," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 658-676, May-June, 2012.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TSE.2011.37,
author = {Wei Li},
title = {QoS Assurance for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Component-Based Software Systems},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering},
volume = {38},
number = {3},
issn = {0098-5589},
year = {2012},
pages = {658-676},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TSE.2011.37},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
TI - QoS Assurance for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Component-Based Software Systems
IS - 3
SN - 0098-5589
SP658
EP676
EPD - 658-676
A1 - Wei Li,
PY - 2012
KW - Change management
KW - componentware
KW - dynamic reconfiguration
KW - modeling the QoS assurance process
KW - system evolution.
VL - 38
JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
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Wei Li, Central Quneensland University, Rockhampton
A major challenge of dynamic reconfiguration is Quality of Service (QoS) assurance, which is meant to reduce application disruption to the minimum for the system's transformation. However, this problem has not been well studied. This paper investigates the problem for component-based software systems from three points of view. First, the whole spectrum of QoS characteristics is defined. Second, the logical and physical requirements for QoS characteristics are analyzed and solutions to achieve them are proposed. Third, prior work is classified by QoS characteristics and then realized by abstract reconfiguration strategies. On this basis, quantitative evaluation of the QoS assurance abilities of existing work and our own approach is conducted through three steps. First, a proof-of-concept prototype called the reconfigurable component model is implemented to support the representation and testing of the reconfiguration strategies. Second, a reconfiguration benchmark is proposed to expose the whole spectrum of QoS problems. Third, each reconfiguration strategy is tested against the benchmark and the testing results are evaluated. The most important conclusion from our investigation is that the classified QoS characteristics can be fully achieved under some acceptable constraints.

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Index Terms:
Change management, componentware, dynamic reconfiguration, modeling the QoS assurance process, system evolution.
Citation:
Wei Li, "QoS Assurance for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Component-Based Software Systems," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 658-676, May-June 2012, doi:10.1109/TSE.2011.37
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