Title
Performance simulation of a context provisioning middleware based on empirical measurements.
Abstract
The evaluation of context middleware systems is a challenging endeavour. On the one hand, testbed investigations suffer from an unrealistic environment in terms of number of users, high implementation effort for changes and questionable portability of results. On the other hand simulation of middleware systems is complex due to the high abstraction of implementation. This article contributes to the understanding of a broker based context provisioning system based on black-box measurements of a testbed which are further utilised to increase the accuracy of a simulation model. Both simulations and measurements help in understanding the complex behaviour of a context provisioning middleware and enable the evaluation of complex distributed systems. The presented investigations identify significant parameters and corresponding models for the response delay of the key components of a context provisioning middleware and discuss their integration into an overall simulation model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.simpat.2012.03.002
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
Keywords
Field
DocType
Context,Pervasive,Middleware,Evaluation,Simulation
Middleware,Middleware (distributed applications),Computer science,Response delay,Testbed,Provisioning,Real-time computing,Software portability,Empirical measure
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
34
1569-190X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
21
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eike Steffen Reetz1897.37
Michael Knappmeyer2788.39
Saad Liaquat Kiani323520.17
Ashiq Anjum433338.33
Bessis, N.580688.01
Ralf Tönjes69020.91