An application of Answer Set Programming in Distributed Architectures: ASP Microservices

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel approach to designing distributed microservices using Answer Set Programming (ASP), enabling independent deployment and interaction of components in cloud and IoT architectures.

Contribution

It presents a new method for defining microservices with an ASP core, integrating logic programming into distributed system design.

Findings

ASP-based microservices facilitate modular and flexible distributed architectures.

The approach is applicable to Cloud Computing and IoT environments.

It enhances the design and deployment of independent, interacting components.

Abstract

We propose an approach to the definition of microservices with an Answer Set Programming (ASP) `core', where microservices are a successful abstraction for designing distributed applications as suites of independently deployable interacting components. Such ASP-based components might be employed in distributed architectures related to Cloud Computing or to the Internet of Things (IoT).