Reasoning in Event-Based Distributed Systems

by Helmer, Sven; Poulovassilis, Alexandra; Xhafa, Fatos

• ISBN13: 9783642197239
• ISBN10: 364219723X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-24
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

With the rapid expansion of the Internet over the last 20 years, event-based distributed systems are playing an increasingly important role in a broad range of application domains, including enterprise management, environmental monitoring, information dissemination, finance, pervasive systems, autonomic computing, collaborative working and learning, and geo-spatial systems. Many different architectures, languages and technologies are being used for implementing event-based distributed systems, and much of the development has been undertaken independently by different communities. However, a common factor is an ever-increasing complexity. #xA0;Users and developers expect that such systems are able not only #xA0;to handle large volumes of simple events but also #xA0;to detect complex patterns of events that may be spatially distributed and may span significant periods of time. Intelligent and logic-based approaches provide sound foundations for addressing many of the research challenges faced and this book covers a broad range of recent advances, contributed by leading experts in the field. It presents a comprehensive view of reasoning in event-based distributed systems, bringing together reviews of the state-of-the art, new research contributions, and an extensive set of references. It will serve as a valuable resource for students, faculty and researchers as well as industry practitioners responsible for new systems development.