A Framework of distributed computing for monitoring systems; Integration of TTY-based programs and object-oriented programming

Suzudo, Tomoaki   ; Nabeshima, Kunihiko  ; Takizawa, Hiroshi*

A new methodology to construct distributed computing systems specially targeting nuclear power plant monitoring systems is proposed. In this framework, a monitoring system is composed of multiple modules and a client that administrates them. Each module is designed as a TTY-based program, and therefore has a great flexibility when it is developed. The client holds virtual modules, each of which works as an interface to a module in the remote hosts. Because the virtual modules are defined as a class in the meaning of object-oriented programming, the whole system is easily structured. A prototype of neural-network-based monitoring system has been developed utilizing this methodology, and the expected advantages have been confirmed.