Applying model-driven engineering to a method for systematic treatment of NFRs in AmI systems

  • Authors:

  • Tomás Ruiz-López;Carlos Rodríguez-Domínguez;Manuel Noguera;María José Rodríguez;Kawtar Benghazi;José Luis Garrido

  • Affiliations:

  • Software Engineering Department, University of Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18.071 Granada, Spain. Phone: +34 958 249 387. E-mail: {tomruiz,carlosrodriguez,mnoguera,mjfortiz,b ...;Software Engineering Department, University of Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18.071 Granada, Spain. Phone: +34 958 249 387. E-mail: {tomruiz,carlosrodriguez,mnoguera,mjfortiz,b ...;Software Engineering Department, University of Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18.071 Granada, Spain. Phone: +34 958 249 387. E-mail: {tomruiz,carlosrodriguez,mnoguera,mjfortiz,b ...;Software Engineering Department, University of Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18.071 Granada, Spain. Phone: +34 958 249 387. E-mail: {tomruiz,carlosrodriguez,mnoguera,mjfortiz,b ...;Software Engineering Department, University of Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18.071 Granada, Spain. Phone: +34 958 249 387. E-mail: {tomruiz,carlosrodriguez,mnoguera,mjfortiz,b ...;Software Engineering Department, University of Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18.071 Granada, Spain. Phone: +34 958 249 387. E-mail: {tomruiz,carlosrodriguez,mnoguera,mjfortiz,b ...

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments - Intelligent agents in Ambient Intelligence and smart environments
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The satisfaction of Non-Functional Requirements NFRs has a clear impact in the success of Ambient Intelligence AmI Systems. However, existing methods and techniques to engineer these systems lack support in their specific and systematic treatment. In this paper, a Model-Driven Engineering MDE method for the design of AmI systems is introduced to deal with NFRs paying special attention to those particularly related to the features of these kind of systems, namely, unobtrusiveness, context-awareness, and self-adaptativeness. The aim is to enable the semi-automatic derivation of quality software design models from an NFRs specification of the system, with special focus on agent-oriented architectures. To this end, Computation Independent Models CIM and transformation techniques between them are defined, as well as an evaluation procedure to be applied, which can help developers to make successful solution decisions satisficing the overall quality properties required for AmI systems, and also specific ones for each particular system. The proposal is illustrated by means of a case study of an Ambient Assisted Living AAL system for elderly people.