Maintaining multi-way dataflow constraints in collaborative systems

Kai Lin; David Chen; Geoff Dromey; Chengzheng Sun

1st International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

Maintaining multi-way dataflow constraints in collaborative systems

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651226,
    author={Kai Lin and David Chen and Geoff Dromey and Chengzheng Sun},
    title={Maintaining multi-way dataflow constraints in collaborative systems},
    proceedings={1st International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
    year={2006},
    month={7},
    keywords={Collaboration},
    doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651226}
}

Kai Lin
David Chen
Geoff Dromey
Chengzheng Sun
Year: 2006
Maintaining multi-way dataflow constraints in collaborative systems
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651226

Kai Lin¹^,*, David Chen¹^,*, Geoff Dromey¹^,*, Chengzheng Sun²^,*

1: School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
2: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798

*Contact email: kai.lin@student.griffith.edu.au, d.chen@griffith.edu.au, g.dromey@griffith.edu.au, czsun@ntu.edu.sg

Abstract

Multi-way dataflow constraints are very useful in the development of collaborative applications, such as collaborative CAD and CASE systems, but satisfying multi-way dataflow constraints in the presence of concurrency in collaborative systems is difficult. In this article, we discuss the issues and techniques in maintaining multi-way dataflow constraints in concurrent environments. In particular, we also proposed a novel strategy that is able to reconstruct computation flows to satisfy multi-way dataflow constraints according to concurrent user operations in collaborative systems. Our strategy ensures both constraint satisfaction and system consistency, which is independent of the execution orders of concurrent operations.

Keywords: Collaboration

Published: 2006-07-24
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-11-05

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651226