A Software Design Approach for Heterogeneous Systems of Unattended Sensors, Unmanned Vehicles and Monitoring Stations
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Authors
Smuda, William J.
Gerhart, Grant
Shing, Mak-Tak
Auguston, Mikhail
Subjects
Software Design
Unattended Sensors
Unmanned Vehicles
Model Driven Design
Software Reuse
UML
Distributed Systems
Design Patterns
Software Components
JAUS
Unattended Sensors
Unmanned Vehicles
Model Driven Design
Software Reuse
UML
Distributed Systems
Design Patterns
Software Components
JAUS
Advisors
Date of Issue
2006
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SPIE
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Abstract
The design and implementation of software for network systems of diverse physical assets is a continuing challenge to
sensor network developers. The problems are often multiplied when adding new elements, and when reconfiguring
existing systems. For software systems, like physical systems, explicit architectural descriptions increase system level
comprehension. Coupled with well defined object oriented design practices, system extensibility is defined and software
reuse and code composition are enabled.
Our research is based on model driven design architecture. High level system models are defined in the Unified
Modeling Language (UML), the language of the software engineer. However, since most experimental work is done by
non-software specialists, (electronics Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and technicians) the model is translated into a
graphical, domain specific model. Components are presented as domain specific icons, and constraints from the UML
model are propagated into the domain model. Domain specialists manipulate the domain model, which then composes
software elements needed at each node to create an aggregate system.
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Article
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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12 p.
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Smuda, William J., et al. "A software design approach for heterogeneous systems of unattended sensors, unmanned vehicles, and monitoring stations." Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensor Networks III. Vol. 6394. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2006.
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