2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

A Modeling and Analysis Approach for Mobile Information Systems

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361853,
        author={Volker Gruhn and Andr\^{e} K\o{}hler},
        title={A Modeling and Analysis Approach for Mobile Information Systems},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2007},
        month={5},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361853}
    }
    
  • Volker Gruhn
    André Köhler
    Year: 2007
    A Modeling and Analysis Approach for Mobile Information Systems
    COLLABORATECOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361853
Volker Gruhn1,*, André Köhler1,*
  • 1: University of Leipzig, Department of Computer Science, Chair of Applied Telematics / e-Business, Klostergasse 3, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
*Contact email: gruhn@ebus.informatik.uni-leipzig.de, koehler@ebus.informatik.uni-leipzig.de

Abstract

This paper introduces a graphical modeling notation based on coloured Petri nets for the performance and cost evaluation of mobile applications. When developing such an application some restrictions due to the low bandwidth of mobile networks need to be considered. The notation can be used to model the workflow of a mobile application with just a small effort. The resulting model can be (automatically) transformed into a coloured Petri net for simulating the communication behaviour depending on typical user interactions. The simulation results are an important basis for improving the applications performance and the occurring costs for using mobile networks.