Bo I. Sandén

Design of Multithreaded Software (eBook, ePUB)

The Entity-Life Modeling Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book assumes familiarity with threads (in a language such as Ada, C#, or Java) and introduces the entity-life modeling (ELM) design approach for certain kinds of multithreaded software. ELM focuses on "reactive systems," which continuously interact with the problem environment. These "reactive systems" include embedded systems, as well as such interactive systems as cruise controllers and automated teller machines. Part I covers two fundamentals: program-language thread support and state diagramming. These are necessary for understanding ELM and are provided primarily for reference. Part II covers ELM from different angles. Part III positions ELM relative to other design approaches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118102732
• Artikelnr.: 56903867

Autorenporträt

Bo I. Sandén, PhD, serves as Professor of Computer Science at Colorado Technical University. He has also taught at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Prior to his teaching career, Dr. Sandén worked at Phillips Elektronikindustrier in Stockholm, Sweden, and has significant professional experience as a systems analyst, project manager, programmer, and consultant. He devotes his research activities primarily to software design and has published extensively on Jackson system development, concurrency in Ada and Java, and entity-life modeling.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. I Foundations. 1 Introduction. 1.1 Entity-Life Modeling. 1.2 Overview of This Book. 1.3 Multithreading. 1.4 Engineering the Intangible. 1.5 The Development Process. 1.6 Unifi ed Modeling Language. 1.7 Conclusion. 2 Support for Multithreading. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Concurrency in Java. 2.3 Concurrency in Ada. 2.4 Pthreads. 2.5 Conclusion. 3 State Modeling. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 State-Modeling Terminology. 3.3 Basic State Modeling. 3.4 Superstates. 3.5 Examples. 3.6 State Modeling in Practice. 3.7 State Machine Implementation. 3.8 Conclusion. II The ELM Way. 4 Entity-Life Modeling. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Modeling Software on Event Threads. 4.3 Discovering and Choosing Event-Thread Models. 4.4 Event-Thread Patterns for Resource Sharing. *4.5 Portraying the World in Software. 4.6 Conclusion. 5 Design Patterns Based on Event Threads. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 State Machines without Software activities. 5.3 Sequential-Activities Design Pattern. 5.4 Concurrent-Activities Design Pattern. 5.5 Communicating State Machines. 5.6 Conclusion. 6 Event-Thread Patterns for Resource Sharing. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Resource-User-Thread Pattern. 6.3 The Resource-Guard-Thread Pattern. 6.4 Choosing and Combining Patterns. 6.5 Examples with Dual Solutions. 6.6 Data Stream Processing. 6.7 Repository Problems. 6.8 Conclusion. 7 Simultaneous Exclusive Access to Multiple Resources. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 The Deadlock Problem. 7.3 Case Studies. 7.4 Heuristics. 7.5 More on Deadlock and Its Prevention. 7.6 Conclusion. III Background and Discussion. 8 Real-Time Software Architectures and Data-Flow Design Approaches. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Real-Time Architectures. 8.3 Data-Flow Design Approaches. 8.4 Conclusion. 9 The Origins of Entity-Life Modeling. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Early Experiences with Software Development. 9.3 The Jackson Methods. 9.3.1.4 Structure Clashes. *9.4 Formal Models and Methods. 9.5 Software Patterns. 9.6 Conclusion. Glossary. References. Index.

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Foreword. Preface. I Foundations. 1 Introduction. 1.1 Entity-Life Modeling.
1.2 Overview of This Book. 1.3 Multithreading. 1.4 Engineering the
Intangible. 1.5 The Development Process. 1.6 Unifi ed Modeling Language.
1.7 Conclusion. 2 Support for Multithreading. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2
Concurrency in Java. 2.3 Concurrency in Ada. 2.4 Pthreads. 2.5 Conclusion.
3 State Modeling. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 State-Modeling Terminology. 3.3
Basic State Modeling. 3.4 Superstates. 3.5 Examples. 3.6 State Modeling in
Practice. 3.7 State Machine Implementation. 3.8 Conclusion. II The ELM Way.
4 Entity-Life Modeling. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Modeling Software on Event
Threads. 4.3 Discovering and Choosing Event-Thread Models. 4.4 Event-Thread
Patterns for Resource Sharing. *4.5 Portraying the World in Software. 4.6
Conclusion. 5 Design Patterns Based on Event Threads. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2
State Machines without Software activities. 5.3 Sequential-Activities
Design Pattern. 5.4 Concurrent-Activities Design Pattern. 5.5 Communicating
State Machines. 5.6 Conclusion. 6 Event-Thread Patterns for Resource
Sharing. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Resource-User-Thread Pattern. 6.3 The
Resource-Guard-Thread Pattern. 6.4 Choosing and Combining Patterns. 6.5
Examples with Dual Solutions. 6.6 Data Stream Processing. 6.7 Repository
Problems. 6.8 Conclusion. 7 Simultaneous Exclusive Access to Multiple
Resources. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 The Deadlock Problem. 7.3 Case Studies.
7.4 Heuristics. 7.5 More on Deadlock and Its Prevention. 7.6 Conclusion.
III Background and Discussion. 8 Real-Time Software Architectures and
Data-Flow Design Approaches. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Real-Time Architectures.
8.3 Data-Flow Design Approaches. 8.4 Conclusion. 9 The Origins of
Entity-Life Modeling. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Early Experiences with Software
Development. 9.3 The Jackson Methods. 9.3.1.4 Structure Clashes. *9.4
Formal Models and Methods. 9.5 Software Patterns. 9.6 Conclusion. Glossary.
References. Index.