%0 Journal Article %1 bellettini2005quantitative %A Bellettini, Carlo %A Capra, Lorenzo %A Monga, Mattia %D 2005 %E Bradley, J %E Knottenbelt, W %I Elsevier %J Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science %K performance petrinet versioning %N 4 %P 59 - 77 %R 10.1016/j.entcs.2005.01.013 %T Quantitative Assessment of a Peer-to-peer Cooperative Infrastructure Using Stochastic Well-Formed Nets %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2005.01.013 %V 128 %X Traditional support tools for software engineers, normally based on a client-server architecture, are unsuitable to deal with the new issues emerging from the current (and future) cooperative work scenarios (where connectivity is intrinsically transient, the number of interacting partners dynamically changes, etc.). This paper presents a quantitative assessment of a fully decentralized, peer-to-peer, cooperative infrastructure. Stochastic Well-Formed Nets (SWNs) modelling the new peer-to-peer architecture, and a traditional (client-server) one, are developed and analysed: we used \SWNs\ for their ability to directly exploit the symmetries intrinsically present in the modelled systems, thus greatly reducing the complexity of the analysis. The main goal is to compare the impact of the two alternative protocols on the collaborative work. Together with the performance figures of interest, methodological issues concerning the choice of the most appropriate model abstraction level, the adoption of a compositional modelling approach, and the management of the model complexity are also discussed.

@article{bellettini2005quantitative, abstract = {Traditional support tools for software engineers, normally based on a client-server architecture, are unsuitable to deal with the new issues emerging from the current (and future) cooperative work scenarios (where connectivity is intrinsically transient, the number of interacting partners dynamically changes, etc.). This paper presents a quantitative assessment of a fully decentralized, peer-to-peer, cooperative infrastructure. Stochastic Well-Formed Nets (SWNs) modelling the new peer-to-peer architecture, and a traditional (client-server) one, are developed and analysed: we used \{SWNs\} for their ability to directly exploit the symmetries intrinsically present in the modelled systems, thus greatly reducing the complexity of the analysis. The main goal is to compare the impact of the two alternative protocols on the collaborative work. Together with the performance figures of interest, methodological issues concerning the choice of the most appropriate model abstraction level, the adoption of a compositional modelling approach, and the management of the model complexity are also discussed. }, added-at = {2014-10-11T21:23:07.000+0200}, author = {Bellettini, Carlo and Capra, Lorenzo and Monga, Mattia}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c97fe708a17c31ed26683d7c465b2323/carlobellettini}, doi = {10.1016/j.entcs.2005.01.013}, editor = {Bradley, J and Knottenbelt, W}, interhash = {18f242a2f18f0070bb5b9353de89fb92}, intrahash = {c97fe708a17c31ed26683d7c465b2323}, issn = {1571-0661}, journal = {Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science }, keywords = {performance petrinet versioning}, note = {Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Practical Applications of Stochastic Modelling (PASM 2004) Practical Applications of Stochastic Modelling 2004 }, number = 4, pages = {59 - 77}, publisher = {Elsevier}, timestamp = {2014-10-14T13:04:42.000+0200}, title = {Quantitative Assessment of a Peer-to-peer Cooperative Infrastructure Using Stochastic Well-Formed Nets }, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2005.01.013}, volume = 128, year = 2005 }