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opposition.lyx

@@ -147,15 +147,7 @@ Why is recording favoured over emulation, for example? How can recorded
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-Section 7.1 mentions a generic module to support the development of simulators.
+Specifically:
- Furthermore the section describes some simulators developed using the gen_fsm
- behaviour.
- Which additional features are provided by the software described in this
- thesis, which are not already present in the gen_fsm behaviour?
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-In the thesis there are some unclear points:
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@@ -167,6 +159,12 @@ In the thesis there are some unclear points:
 ? Also, what is the “old work flow” in this context? 
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+4.2: This section states a simulation library and support for creating new
+ simulators.
+ Yet these are not explained like for example the convenience scripts.
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+
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 5.2: Exactly how is the quality of the simulators measured? Which metrics
  are used? Some metrics are presented here, but not motivated, also results
@@ -174,9 +172,21 @@ In the thesis there are some unclear points:
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-4.2: This section states a simulation library and support for creating new
+7.1: mentions a generic module to support the development of simulators.
- simulators.
+ Furthermore the section describes some simulators developed using the gen_fsm
- Yet these are not explained like for example the convenience scripts.
+ behaviour.
+ Which additional features are provided by the software described in this
+ thesis, which are not already present in the gen_fsm behaviour?
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+According to 7.4, API:s and simulators must be created when they don't already
+ exist, why is this not represented in the first flow chart? Does your applicati
+on provide any ways to reduce development time of simulators? The quality
+ of a simulator may vary..
+ You created three simple device simulators.
+ How long did it take to create them? Case studies of developing these could
+ motivate the usage of simulators over hardware.
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@@ -185,13 +195,6 @@ A future improvement to the project is creating a finite state machine from
  It is unclear to us how this improves the system.
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-A future improvement of the system is to implement “runtime function call
- replacement”, this directly contradicts the purpose of the thesis, which
- is to run the same code on both the simulator and the real hardware.
- Why is this considered to be an improvement?
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 Also, there are some factual errors; processes do share data, and data is
  shared through message passing.
@@ -200,11 +203,6 @@ Also, there are some factual errors; processes do share data, and data is
  PIDs can indeed be converted to lists, using the pid_to_list/1 function.
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-7.5.1 says that ember can automate the process of deploying code.
- How is this useful? What sort of code?
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 Results
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@@ -233,18 +231,28 @@ How long does it take to upload the code to the hardware and how often is
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-How long, on the other hand, does it take to get to know your system, write
+How long does it take to get to know your system, write the simulators and
- the simulators and follow the steps you described? 
+ follow the steps you described? Is the workflow more efficient using your
+ system?
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-Did you calculate a difference of time between the two approaches?
+Did you calculate a difference of time between development on the hardware
+ versus in a simulated environment?
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 The graphs provided are inconclusive and lack good descriptive texts.
  It is unclear which metrics are used on each axis, and exactly what is
- being measured; for instance, what is a sample?
+ being measured; for instance, what is a 
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+sample
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+?
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@@ -254,21 +262,6 @@ The accuracy of the simulators was presented in a graph, and it can be seen
  impacts does this have on the simulation?
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-According to 7.4, API:s and simulators must be created when they don't already
- exist.
- Isn't it a huge project within itself, creating an API:s and simulators?
- Does your application provide any ways to reduce development time of simulators
-? The quality of a simulator may vary.
- There may take a long time to make it perform well and be flexible to work
- with.
- You created three simple device simulators.
- How long did it take to create them? These times could prove why the developmen
-t of simulators wouldn't be a great deal and to estimate creation time of
- other simulators.
- 
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 Language
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@@ -283,23 +276,27 @@ The language style in the thesis is not formal as it would be expected in
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 Some terms could be introduced better; OTP, Beagle Board, Gumstix, Ångström/Angs
 trom, distro, NAT, OS, Panda Board, VM, stub, public/subscribe, request-response
-, OS variable, ssh.
+, OS variable and SSH.
  Erlang is introduced properly, and the same could perhaps be done for these
  terms as well.
  The structure of function calls (fun/num of pars) is not obvious to the
  reader, perhaps it could be explained.
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+It is hard to refer to the figures since they are not numbered.
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 What we would like to see ...
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 It would be interesting to see this system combined with a testing framework,
- like QuickCheck in order to create a powerful test suite which generates
+ like QuickCheck, in order to create a powerful test suite which generates
  tests using real data samples.
  If the data generated by the recorder could be used as input to a testing
- framework, like QuickCheck a very powerful and random test suite could
+ framework, like QuickCheck, a very powerful and random test suite could
  be created.
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