Dealing with Defiant Components in the Internet of Things context

• Adrilene Fonseca State University of Ceará
• Denis de Sousa State University of Ceará
• Matheus Chagas State University of Ceará
• Paulo Henrique M. Maia State University of Ceará

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbsoft_estendido.2020.14631

Abstract

In the context of smart homes, where devices in a home are connected, there may be situations in which a set of independent components must collaborate to achieve a common goal, forming a System-of-Systems (SoS). In this context, there may be components resistant to change that do not meet your local requirements and the global requirement of SoS. In this work we propose a cautious adaptation using an Observer component that adjusts the behavior of resistant components in the occurrence of exceptional scenarios in IoT. The proposal was evaluated through an experiment, with which it was possible to demonstrate that our solution contributes to reaching the global requirement.

Keywords: internet of things, systems-of-systems, self-adaptation, defiant components

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