Relocation in Mobile Process-Centered Software Development Environments

This paper addresses the problem of enabling a user of a process-centered SDE, hosted on a high-speed network, to continue working on a detached mobile workstation connected by a lower speed interruptable communications link. The focus of the paper is a process for determining whether and how to allow detachment. The process takes into account a broad range of factors, including the speed and reliability of the mobile link, the relative sizes and speeds of the mobile and networked workstations, the nature and state of the development process, and the importance of the detaching user. The paper presents a formal framework that allows us to specify the various factors, and an objective function that quanti es the inconvenience incurred by the detachment. The process uses the framework to determine which tools and resources to relocate when the user detaches from the network. A detailed example is used to illustrate this process. Keywords Process-centered SDEs, wireless, detachment, reloc...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: DEXAW
• Authors: S. Bhattacharyya, Leon J. Osterweil
• Keywords: Database, Detached Mobile Workstation, DEXAW 2000, Process-centered Sdes, Speed Interruptable Communications