Spatial computing: the TOTA approach

  • Authors:
  • Marco Mamei;Franco Zambonelli

  • Affiliations:
  • DISMI, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy;DISMI, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Self-star Properties in Complex Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Spatial abstractions promise to be basic necessary ingredients for a novel “spatial computing” approach to distributed systems development and management, suitable to tackle the complexity of modern distributed computing scenarios and promoting self-organization and self-adaptation. In this paper, we analyze the key concepts underlying spatial computing and show how they can be organized around a sort of “spatial computing stack”, in which a variety of apparently very diverse mechanisms and approaches can be properly framed. Following, we present our current research work on the TOTA middleware as a representative example of a general-purpose approach to spatial computing. In particular, we discuss how TOTA can be exploited to support the development and execution of self-organizing and self-adaptive spatial computing applications.