A model-driven development framework for developing sense-compute-control applications

摘要

A Sense-Compute-Control(SCC) application involves interactions among a large number of heterogeneous devices that can sense the physical world by obtaining information from sensors, compute the captured information, and control the physical world by triggering actions using actuators. SCC applications are pervasive and found in many application domains, including industrial control, robotics systems or building automation. Developing a SCC application is challenging because it implies a wide range of related issues such as lack of separation of concerns, and lack of high-level of abstractions to address heterogeneity of target devices. Moreover, stakeholders involved in the application development have to address issues that can be attributed to different life-cycles phases such as development, deployment, and evolution.