A generic component-based approach for programming, composing and tuning sensor software

Computer Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1248-1266

  Taherkordi, Amirhosein ^a   Loiret, Frédéric ^b   Rouvoy, Romain ^a,b   Eliassen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

component model; event driven; high level programming; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CODE REUSABILITY; COMPONENT BASED APPROACH; COMPONENT MODEL; COMPONENT-BASED PROGRAMMING; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; EMBEDDED APPLICATION; EVALUATION RESULTS; EVENT HANDLING; EVENT-DRIVEN; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING; LARGE SYSTEM; LOW COSTS; MEMORY OVERHEADS; MIDDLEWARE SERVICES; MONITORING AND CONTROL; NEW DIRECTIONS; PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS; RESOURCE DEMANDS; RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; SEPARATION OF CONCERNS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; SYSTEM LEVELS; UNDERLYING SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE; REUSABILITY; SENSORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 80051745903     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxq102     Document Type: Article

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