Toward hierarchical Petri nets model for dependability evaluation of Internet-scale software

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Si, Guannan^* | Yang, Guang | Zhang, Guanyuan

Affiliations: School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Guannan Si, School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan, Shandong 250357, China. E-mail:tgyxsign@163.com

Abstract: Establishment, evolution and evaluation of Internet-scale software system initialization and evolution for trust relationship among entities is researched. An Internet-scale software system structure model is established by structure analysis. A hierarchical Petri nets model for evaluating dependability is proposed based on the Internet-scale software system structure model. The model evaluates dependability evolution of Internet-scale software from system architecture of the whole system and internal access control policies of entities. The proposal provides support for trust measurement and evolution model of Internet-scale software to dependability of system initialization and newly created entities. Additionally, the proposal provides mechanism for server entities to establish trust to client entities.

Keywords: Internet-scale software, dependability, evolution, evaluation, hierarchical Petri nets

DOI: 10.3233/JCM-160603

Journal: Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 69-81, 2016