Mechanism Transitions in Publish/Subscribe Systems: Adaptive Event Brokering for Location-based Mobile Social Applications (Springer Theses)

This book reports on a novel concept of mechanism transitions for the design of highly scalable and adaptive publish/subscribe systems. First, it introduces relevant mechanisms for location-based filtering and locality-aware dissemination of events based on a thorough review of the state-of-the-art. This is followed by a detailed description of the design of a transition-enabled publish/subscribe system that enables seamless switching between mechanisms during runtime. Lastly, the proposed concepts are evaluated within the challenging context of location-based mobile applications. The book assesses in depth the performance and cost of transition execution, highlighting the impact of the proposed state transfer mechanism and the potential of coexisting transition-enabled mechanisms. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 1-9 Background (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 11-25 State of the Art (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 27-46 Bypass.kom: Transitions in Event Brokering (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 47-82 Simonstrator.kom: Platform for the Design and Evaluation of Mechanism Transitions (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 83-104 Evaluation of Mechanism Transitions (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 105-151 Summary, Conclusions, and Outlook (Björn Richerzhagen)....Pages 153-157 Back Matter ....Pages 159-171