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Issues and challenges in ecosystems for federated embedded systems

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Efi Papatheocharous,

Jakob Axelsson, and

Jesper AndrerssonAuthors Info & Claims

SESoS '13: Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems

July 2013

Pages 21 - 24

https://doi.org/10.1145/2489850.2489854

Published: 02 July 2013 Publication History

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This paper discusses how Systems of Systems (SoS) can be constructed by linking together embedded computers in constituent systems to create complex but more flexible and adaptable systems. The approach of software system development is called Federated Embedded Systems (FES) and their revolved ecosystem of players is presented, aiming to ensure quality in engineering SoS. Ecosystems for Federated Embedded Systems (EcoFES) comprise a new area of research that scales component-based software development for embedded software into new dimensions. The proposed ecosystem dimension introduces an open, flexible and adaptable SoS architecture for improving the process of FES development. In the paper, we identify some architectural challenges and discuss the implications of scaling from a closed ecosystem to an open one, providing open collaboration and innovation in the context of FES.

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Issues and challenges in ecosystems for federated embedded systems
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Domain specific languages
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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SESoS '13: Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems

July 2013

52 pages

ISBN:9781450320481

DOI:10.1145/2489850

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IRISA - University of South Brittany, France
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University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Carlos E. Cuesta
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
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José Carlos Maldonado
ICMC-USP, Brazil
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Elisa Y. Nakagawa
ICMC-USP, Brazil
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Khalil Drira
LAAS-CNRS - University of Toulouse, France
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Andrea Zisman
The Open University, UK

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Moin AChallenger MBadii AGünnemann S(2022)A model-driven approach to machine learning and software modeling for the IoTSoftware and Systems Modeling10.1007/s10270-021-00967-x21:3(987-1014)Online publication date: 19-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-021-00967-x
Axelsson JKobetski AZdun U(2014)Architectural Concepts for Federated Embedded SystemsProceedings of the 2014 European Conference on Software Architecture Workshops10.1145/2642803.2647716(1-8)Online publication date: 25-Aug-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2642803.2647716
Axelsson JPapatheocharous EAndersson J(2014)Characteristics of software ecosystems for Federated Embedded Systems: A case studyInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2014.03.01156:11(1457-1475)Online publication date: Nov-2014
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2014.03.011

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