| Title | An Approach for Tracing and Understanding Asynchronous Systems |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Hendrickson, S. A., E. M. Dashofy, A. Bhor, R. N. Taylor, S. Li, and N. Nguyen |
| Date Published | December |
| Institution | Institute for Software Research, University of California, Irvine |
| Type | Technical |
| ISBN Number | UCI-ISR-02-7 |
| Abstract | Applications built in a strongly decoupled, event-based interaction style have many commendable characteristics, including ease of dynamic configuration, accommodation of platform heterogeneity, and ease of distribution over a network. It is not always easy, however, to humanly grasp the dynamic behavior of such applications, since many threads are active and events are asynchronously (and profusely) transmitted. This paper presents a set of requirements for an aid to assist in exploring the behavior of such applications, with the aim of assisting in the development and understanding of such applications. A prototype tool is presented, indicating viable approaches to meeting requirements. Experience with the tool reinforces some of the requirements and indicates others. |