Location-based software modeling and analysis: Tropos-based approach

Raian Ali*, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Paolo Giorgini

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Abstract

The continuous growth of interest in mobile applications makes the concept of location essential to design and develop software systems. Location-based software is supposed to be able to monitor the surrounding location and choose accordingly the most appropriate behavior. In this paper, we propose a novel conceptual framework to model and analyze location-based software. We mainly focus on the social facets of location adopting concepts such as actor, resource, and location-based behavior. Our approach is based on Tropos methodology and allows the analyst to elicit and model software requirements according to the different locations where the software will operate. We propose an extension of Tropos modeling and adapt its process to suit well with the development of location-based software. The proposed framework also includes automated analysis techniques to reason about the relation between location and location-based software.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConceptual Modeling - ER 2008 - 27th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages169-182
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)3540878769, 9783540878766
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event27th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2008 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 20 Oct 200824 Oct 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5231 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference27th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2008
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period20/10/0824/10/08

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