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On the Modular Structure and Evolvability of Internet of Things Architectures

Authors:
Tom Vermeire
Jeroen Faes
Peter De Bruyn
Jan Verelst

Keywords: Internet of Things; Evolvability; Normalized Systems Theory

Abstract:
The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) is an important evolution for current businesses. The field of IoT is maturing and best practice solutions are emerging. However, as organizations are confronted with increasing and faster changes in their environment, applications using IoT should be able to adapt and evolve accordingly. This paper assesses the ability to implement changes in best practice IoT applications, using Normalized Systems Theory as a theoretical basis. Subsequently, a new architecture addressing some identified evolvability issues is proposed. In contrast to existing prescriptive work focusing on the interoperability and standardization of IoT applications, this paper evaluates design choices from the perspective of the ability to evolve.

Pages: 17 to 22

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: May 5, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3557

ISBN: 978-1-61208-708-5

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from May 5, 2019 to May 9, 2019