Energy Consumption Analysis of Design Patterns

The importance of low power consumption is widely acknowledged due to the increasing use of portable devices, which require minimizing the consumption of energy. Energy dissipation is heavily dependent on the software used in the system. Applying design patterns in object-oriented designs is a common practice nowadays. In this paper we analyze six design patterns and explore the effect of them on energy consumption and performance.

Authors:

• Andreas Litke
• Kostas Zotos
• Alexander Chatzigeorgiou
• George Stephanides

Keywords:

• Design Patterns
• Embedded Systems
• Energy Consumption
• Performance Evaluation
• Software Design and Development
• Software Engineering.

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