Research directions in reflective middleware: The Lancaster experience

Gordon S. Blair, Geoff Coulson, Paul Grace

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Abstract

In this paper, we survey three generation of reflective middleware research carried out at Lancaster University, present experiences gained from this research, and highlight a number of important areas of future research. In particular, we discuss the extension of our reflective middleware ideas in terms of both depth and breadth. The depth extension applies reflective middleware principles to systems that lie beneath the traditional middleware domain: e.g. operating systems and networks. The breadth extension then applies the principles in a much broader range of application areas than those traditionally considered in reflective middleware research. These include reflective middleware for Grid computing and for sentient-object-based real-time control systems. We also briefly consider future work in applying our approach to the development of self-managing systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware, ARM '04
Pages262-267
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2004
Event3rd Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware, ARM '04 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 19 Oct 200419 Oct 2004

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume80

Conference

Conference3rd Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware, ARM '04
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period19/10/0419/10/04

Keywords

  • Autonomic computing
  • Case studies
  • Deep middleware
  • Multi-model approach
  • Reflective middleware

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