A Layered Architecture based on Previsional Mechanisms

Francesco Fiamberti, Daniela Micucci, Marco Mobilio, Francesco Tisato

2013

Abstract

The paper presents a layered architecture that improves software modularity and reduces computational and communication overhead for systems requiring data from sensors in order to perform domain-related elaborations (e.g., tracking and surveillance systems). Each layer manages hypotheses that are abductions related to objects modeling the ”real world” at a specific abstraction level, from raw data up to domain concepts. Each layer, by analyzing hypotheses coming from the lower layer, abduces new hypotheses regarding objects at a higher level of abstraction (e.g., from image blobs to identified people) and formulates timed previsions about objects. The failure of a prevision causes a hypothesis to flow up-stream. In turn, previsions can flow downstream, so that their verification is delegated to the lower layers. The proposed architectural patterns have been reified in a Java framework, which is being exploited in an experimental multi-camera tracking system.

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Fiamberti F., Micucci D., Mobilio M. and Tisato F. (2013). A Layered Architecture based on Previsional Mechanisms . In Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-68-6, pages 354-359. DOI: 10.5220/0004592503540359


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@conference{icsoft-ea13,
author={Francesco Fiamberti and Daniela Micucci and Marco Mobilio and Francesco Tisato},
title={A Layered Architecture based on Previsional Mechanisms},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={354-359},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004592503540359},
isbn={978-989-8565-68-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2013)
TI - A Layered Architecture based on Previsional Mechanisms
SN - 978-989-8565-68-6
AU - Fiamberti F.
AU - Micucci D.
AU - Mobilio M.
AU - Tisato F.
PY - 2013
SP - 354
EP - 359
DO - 10.5220/0004592503540359