Title: A cost-efficient architecture for the campus information system based on transparent computing platform

Authors: Kehua Guo; Yizhe Xiao; Guihua Duan

Addresses: School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China ' School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China ' School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China

Abstract: This paper presents a novel architecture named CISTC for the campus information system (CIS) based on transparent computing (TC) platform, as well as the development, deployment and maintenance experiences to improve the economic efficiency. Firstly, the system architecture of CISTC is introduced. Secondly, we describe the transmission of operating systems and applications, data management and interface release. Then, the software development, deployment and maintenance processes in CISTC are described. Finally, we design some mathematical models to evaluate the economic efficiency of CISTC. The results show that using transparent computing platform as the CIS constructing environment can enhance the economic efficiency and lead to increased user experience in comparison with the traditional approach.

Keywords: CIS; campus information systems; economic efficiency; transparent computing; software engineering; operating systems; data management; interface release; software development; software deployment; software maintenance; mathematical modelling; digital campus; higher education; universities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2016.075188

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2016 Vol.21 No.2, pp.95 - 103

Received: 15 Mar 2014
Accepted: 19 Aug 2014
Published online: 07 Mar 2016 *

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