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A Review on Visual Programming for Distributed Computation in IoT

Authors : Margarida Silva, João Pedro Dias, André Restivo, Hugo Sereno Ferreira

Published in: Computational Science – ICCS 2021

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems are considered one of the most notable examples of complex, large-scale systems. Some authors have proposed visual programming (VP) approaches to address part of their inherent complexity. However, in most of these approaches, the orchestration of devices and system components is still dependent on a centralized unit, preventing higher degrees of dependability. In this work, we perform a systematic literature review (SLR) of the current approaches that provide visual and decentralized orchestration to define and operate IoT systems, reflecting upon a total of 29 proposals. We provide an in-depth discussion of these works and find out that only four of them attempt to tackle this issue as a whole, although still leaving a set of open research challenges. Finally, we argue that addressing these challenges could make IoT systems more fault-tolerant, with an impact on their dependability, performance, and scalability.

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Metadata
Title
A Review on Visual Programming for Distributed Computation in IoT
Authors
Margarida Silva
João Pedro Dias
André Restivo
Hugo Sereno Ferreira
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Computational Science – ICCS 2021

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-77969-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-77970-2

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77970-2_34

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