NDLI: An integrated method for effective behaviour analysis of distributed systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Cheung, S.C. Kramer, J.
Copyright Year	1994
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK (Cheung, S.C.; Kramer, J.)
Abstract	Behavioral analysis is a valuable aid for the design and maintenance of well-behaved distributed systems. Dataflow and reachability analyses are two orthogonal, but complementary, behavioral analysis techniques. Individually, each of these techniques may be inadequate for the analysis of large-scale distributed systems. On the one hand, dataflow analysis algorithms, while tractable, may not be sufficiently accurate to provide meaningful detection of errors. On the other hand, reachability analysis, while providing exhaustive analysis, may be computationally too expensive for complex systems. In this paper, we present a method which integrates dataflow and reachability analysis techniques to provide a flexible and effective means for analysing distributed systems at the preliminary and final design stages respectively. We also describe some effective measures taken to improve the adequacy of the individual analysis techniques using the concepts of action dependency and context constraints. A prototype supporting the method has been built, and its performance is described in this paper. A realistic example of a distributed track control system is used as a case study.
Starting Page	309
Ending Page	320
File Size	1138559
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	081865855X
ISSN	02705257
DOI	10.1109/ICSE.1994.296793
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1994-05-16
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Reachability analysis Explosions Data analysis Control systems Distributed computing Educational institutions Large-scale systems Algorithm design and analysis Prototypes Distributed control
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Software

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