Title :
Design and evaluation of a distributed object-oriented communication system for EMS application development
Author :
Pendergast, Mark O.
Author_Institution :
Decision & Inf. Sci., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
The author describes an architecture for implementing electronic meeting system (EMS) applications in an object-oriented programming (OOP) environment (C++). EMS applications enable group tasks such as negotiation, problem solving, and system design to be performed. The OO-EMS architecture is a three tier structure having layers for base classes, tools, and applications. The design addresses concurrency control, addressing, duplicated objects, and broadcast communications. Implementation details include the results of performance testing on IBM token ring and AT&T STARLAN local area networks
Keywords :
electronic messaging; local area networks; object-oriented programming; programming environments; AT&T STARLAN; C++; EMS application development; IBM token ring; broadcast communications; concurrency control; distributed object-oriented communication system; duplicated objects; electronic meeting system; group tasks; local area networks; negotiation; performance testing; problem solving; system design; Application software; Broadcasting; Concurrency control; Electronic equipment testing; Information technology; Local area networks; Medical services; Problem-solving; System testing; Token networks;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1991. Conference Proceedings., Tenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2133-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1991.113827
