CiCUTS: Combining System Execution Modeling Tools with Continuous Integration Environments

System execution modeling (SEM) tools provide an effective means to evaluate the quality of service (QoS) of enterprise distributed real-time and embedded (DRE) systems. SEM tools facilitate testing and resolving performance issues throughout the entire development life-cycle, rather than waiting until final system integration. SEM tools have not historically focused on effective testing. New techniques are therefore needed to help bridge the gap between the early integration capabilities of SEM tools and testing so developers can focus on resolving strategic integration and performance issues, as opposed to wrestling with tedious and error-prone low-level testing concerns. This paper provides two contributions to research on using SEM tools to address enterprise DRE system integration challenges. First, we evaluate several approaches for combining continuous integration environments with SEM tools and describe CiCUTS, which combines the CUTS SEM tool with the CruiseControl.NET conti...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ECBS
• Authors: James H. Hill, Douglas C. Schmidt, Adam A. Porter, John M. Slaby
• Keywords: Continuous Integration Environment, ECBS 2008, Enterprise Dre, Hardware, Sem Tool