Power consumption analysis using multi-view modeling

Abstract

Non-functional properties take an important place in real-time systems. Power consumption, time performance and temperature are non-functional properties that are individually analyzed using specialized tools. Nevertheless, non-functional properties are interrelated, and changes on one property may affect the other ones, but also may impact the system function itself. In this work, we propose a multi-view system model to combine different property domains without depending on the proprietary formats defined by specialized tools. We start by the definition of a multi-view model and explain how the different views are connected. Then we focus on the analysis of our multiview model by picking out a tool dedicated to power analysis, Aceplorer. This multi-view system model is implemented in a uml profile, where the marte and SysML concepts are used in the profile definition.