NDLI: A 3D interface for the administration of component-based, distributed systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Stiemerling, O. Hallenberger, M. Cremers, A.B.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci. III, Bonn Univ., Germany (Stiemerling, O.)
Abstract	The success of an enterprise depends on its ability to effectively adapt to changing external requirements. This is particularly true in the rapidly evolving world of e-commerce, which raises the challenge of building software systems that are flexible enough to support such a dynamic business environment. Previously (O. Stiemerling et al., 1999), we presented the EVOLVE runtime- and tailoring environment as a platform for extensively adaptable autonomous and decentralized systems. The platform provides a high degree of flexibility by maintaining the component structure of such systems. One can (during runtime and in a decentralized fashion), add, exchange or rewire an application's components to meet changing external requirements. While the EVOLVE platform provides the mechanisms to perform these changes, there remains the problem of providing an administration interface to these mechanisms. Like many autonomous and decentralized systems, EVOLVE applications can have great complexity and structural detail. The interface has to present these details in an appropriate and scalable form, permitting the administrator to quickly grasp the overall distribution structure, but also the functional details and fine grained components. The authors argue that 3D visualization and manipulation techniques provide a good basis for the design of administration interfaces for complex, decentralized systems. We support our argument by presenting a 3D interface for the EVOLVE platform and discuss the more general design concepts it embodies. These concepts are relevant and applicable to other autonomous and decentralized systems.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc.
Starting Page	119
Ending Page	126
File Size	958901
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769510655
DOI	10.1109/ISADS.2001.917402
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-03-26
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Visualization Electronic commerce Navigation Computer science Operating systems Software systems Runtime TCPIP IP networks Information systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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