Mobcons-AT: uma ferramenta de autoria de restrições de mobilidade baseada na transformação de modelos

Abstract

There are many situations in which there is a need to monitor in realtime the location and behavior of people and/or vehicles in order to detect possible irregularities and control where they are located and how they move, such as in companies, public transportation and public security. In this dissertation, Mobility Constraints Authoring Tool (MobCons-AT) is presented, an authoring tool for enduser programming that allows the specification of mobility restrictions rules that must be followed by mobile devices. The rules are specified by means of a domain specific language called Mobility Constraints Specification Language (MobCons-SL), the central part of the tool. Once specified in MobCons-SL, these rules are automatically transformed into artifacts that allow real-time detection of constraint violations by using Complex Event Processing (CEP). This approach allows the reduction in the delivery time of solution to the customer and necessary cost for the development of customized software solutions for real-time detection of mobility constraints. This dissertation also describes the use of MobCons-AT in five case studies, showing its applicability for diverse scenarios.