Metronomy: A Function/Architecture Co-Simulation Framework
Liangpeng Guo, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Citation
Liangpeng Guo, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. "Metronomy: A Function/Architecture Co-Simulation Framework". Talk or presentation, 5, November, 2013; Poster presented at the 2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting.

Abstract
In a TerraSwarm system, the functionality (functional aspect) and the implementation platform (architectural aspect) are dynamically changing. This poses particular challenges for analyzing the increasingly complex models of the two aspects while keeping them separate. The traditional platform-specific or manual implementation approach is not sufficient. New design tools are needed to support the development process. We focus on the mapping and architectural exploration problems on a high abstraction level. This presentation gives a brief overview of Metronomy, an aspect-oriented modeling environment based on MetroII Semantics. The work leverages previous works on heterogeneous modeling and simulation (such as that used in Ptolemy) with multi-level architecture mapping and evaluation (such as used in Metropolis II) and create an integrated environment that allows designers to map a heterogeneous functional model onto a dynamically changing architectural model and do co-simulation. By separating the two aspects completely, the aspect models are still built in the design environment/language that are ideal for designers. And Metronomy bridges the functional and architectural requirements on the system level and enables engineers to co-analyze the functionality behavior and the platform. Specifically, it will allow designers to estimate the performance of the mapped model under different scenarios and explore the trade-offs of design choices in an early stage of development.

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  Liangpeng Guo, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/pubs/161.html"><i>Metronomy:
  A Function/Architecture Co-Simulation
  Framework</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  5,
  November, 2013; Poster presented at the <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
  >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.

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  Liangpeng Guo, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli.
  "Metronomy: A Function/Architecture Co-Simulation
  Framework". Talk or presentation,  5, November, 2013;
  Poster presented at the <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
  >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{GuoSangiovanniVincentelli13_MetronomyFunctionArchitectureCoSimulationFramework,
      author = {Liangpeng Guo and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli},
      title = {Metronomy: A Function/Architecture Co-Simulation
                Framework},
      day = {5},
      month = {November},
      year = {2013},
      note = {Poster presented at the <a
                href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
                >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.},
      abstract = {In a TerraSwarm system, the functionality
                (functional aspect) and the implementation
                platform (architectural aspect) are dynamically
                changing. This poses particular challenges for
                analyzing the increasingly complex models of the
                two aspects while keeping them separate. The
                traditional platform-specific or manual
                implementation approach is not sufficient. New
                design tools are needed to support the development
                process. We focus on the mapping and architectural
                exploration problems on a high abstraction level.
                This presentation gives a brief overview of
                Metronomy, an aspect-oriented modeling environment
                based on MetroII Semantics. The work leverages
                previous works on heterogeneous modeling and
                simulation (such as that used in Ptolemy) with
                multi-level architecture mapping and evaluation
                (such as used in Metropolis II) and create an
                integrated environment that allows designers to
                map a heterogeneous functional model onto a
                dynamically changing architectural model and do
                co-simulation. By separating the two aspects
                completely, the aspect models are still built in
                the design environment/language that are ideal for
                designers. And Metronomy bridges the functional
                and architectural requirements on the system level
                and enables engineers to co-analyze the
                functionality behavior and the platform.
                Specifically, it will allow designers to estimate
                the performance of the mapped model under
                different scenarios and explore the trade-offs of
                design choices in an early stage of development.},
      URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/161.html}
  }
  

Posted by Liangpeng Guo on 3 Nov 2013.
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