Title
Efficiently building on-line tools for distributed heterogeneous environments
Abstract
Software development is getting more and more complex, especially within distributed middleware-based environments. A major drawback during the overall software development process is the lack of on-line tools, i.e. tools applied as soon as there is a running prototype of an application. The MIMO MIddleware MOnitor provides a solution to this problem by implementing a framework for an efficient development of on-line tools. This paper presents a methodology for developing on-line tools with MIMO. As an example scenario, we choose a distributed medical image reconstruction application, which represents a test case with high performance requirements. Our distributed, CORBA-based application is instrumented for being observed with MIMO and related tools. Additionally, load balancing mechanisms are integrated for further performance improvements. As a result, we obtain an integrated tool environment for observing and steering the image reconstruction application. By using our rapid tool development process, the integration of on-line tools shows to be very convenient and enables an efficient tool deployment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1155/2002/250647
Scientific Programming
Keywords
Field
DocType
corba-based application,on-line tool,mimo middleware monitor,rapid tool development process,software development,overall software development process,heterogeneous environment,medical image reconstruction application,image reconstruction application,efficient tool deployment,efficient development,image reconstruction,load balance,middleware,development process,software development process
Middleware,Middleware (distributed applications),Software deployment,Computer science,Load balancing (computing),Common Object Request Broker Architecture,MIMO,Software development process,Software development,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
10
1
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Günther Rackl1184.63
Thomas Ludwig228234.89
Markus Lindermeier3233.77
Alexandros Stamatakis499596.27