On the representation of dynamic topologies: the case for centralized and modular approaches
Fernando J. Barros · 2014
In the development of formalism for representing models with a dynamic structure two policies have emerged: centralized and distributed. In this paper we compare these two approaches under several criteria, including, modularity, implementability and predictability. While distributed control strategies seem to enable a better representation for some systems that have no centralized control over their topology, we show that this advantage is only apparent since ultimately a central manager is required to enforce decisions, irrespective to the nature of the decision process itself. To make the comparison we use HFSS, a centralized formalism, and an hypothetical version of HFSS based on distributed principles.