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Organizing the Aggregate: Languages for Spatial Computing

Organizing the Aggregate: Languages for Spatial Computing

Jacob Beal, Stefan Dulman, Kyle Usbeck, Mirko Viroli, Nikolaus Correll
ISBN13: 9781466620926|ISBN10: 1466620927|EISBN13: 9781466620933
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2092-6.ch016
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Beal, Jacob, et al. "Organizing the Aggregate: Languages for Spatial Computing." Formal and Practical Aspects of Domain-Specific Languages: Recent Developments, edited by Marjan Mernik, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 436-501. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2092-6.ch016

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Beal, J., Dulman, S., Usbeck, K., Viroli, M., & Correll, N. (2013). Organizing the Aggregate: Languages for Spatial Computing. In M. Mernik (Ed.), Formal and Practical Aspects of Domain-Specific Languages: Recent Developments (pp. 436-501). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2092-6.ch016

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Beal, Jacob, et al. "Organizing the Aggregate: Languages for Spatial Computing." In Formal and Practical Aspects of Domain-Specific Languages: Recent Developments, edited by Marjan Mernik, 436-501. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2092-6.ch016

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Abstract

As the number of computing devices embedded into engineered systems continues to rise, there is a widening gap between the needs of the user to control aggregates of devices and the complex technology of individual devices. Spatial computing attempts to bridge this gap for systems with local communication by exploiting the connection between physical locality and device connectivity. A large number of spatial computing domain specific languages (DSLs) have emerged across diverse domains, from biology and reconfigurable computing, to sensor networks and agent-based systems. In this chapter, the authors develop a framework for analyzing and comparing spatial computing DSLs, survey the current state of the art, and provide a roadmap for future spatial computing DSL investigation.

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