2 \Gls{TOP
} and
\gls{iTasks
} have been designed to offer a high abstraction level
3 through a
\gls{DSL
} that describes workflows as
\glspl{Task
}.
\gls{iTasks
} has
4 been shown to be useful in fields such as incident
5 management~
\cite{lijnse_top_2013
}. However, there still lacks support for small
6 devices to be added in the workflow. In principle such adapters can be written
7 as
\glspl{SDS
}\footnote{Similar as to resources such as time are available in
8 the current system
} but this requires a very specific adapter to be written for
9 every device and functionality. Oortgiese et al.\ lifted
\gls{iTasks
} from a
10 single server model to a distributed server architecture~
\todo{Add cite
} that
11 is also runnable on smaller devices like
\acrshort{ARM
}. However, this is
12 limited to fairly high performance devices that are equipped with high speed
13 communication lines. Devices in
\gls{IoT
} often only have LPLB communication
14 with low bandwidth and a very limited amount of processing power.
\glspl{mTask
}
15 will bridge this gap. It can run on devices as small as Arduino
16 microcontrollers and operates via the same paradigms as regular
\glspl{Task
}.
17 The
\glspl{mTask
} have access to
\glspl{SDS
} and can run small imperative
20 \section{Problem statement
}
22 \section{Document structure
}
23 The structure of the thesis is as follows.
24 Chapter~
\ref{chp:introduction
} contains the problem statement, motivation and
25 the structure of the
document
26 Chapter~
\ref{chp:theoretical-framework
} introduces the reader with all the
27 terminology and techniques lying at the foundation of the study.
28 Chapter~
\ref{chp:methods
} will describe the actual techniques used for the
30 Chapter~
\ref{chp:results
} shows the results in the form of an example
31 application accompanied with implementation.
32 Chapter~
\ref{chp:conclusion
} concludes by answering the research question (s)
33 and discusses future research.
34 Appendix~
\ref{app:communication-protocol
} shows the concrete protocol used for
35 communicating between the server and client.