On Refining Design Patterns for Smart Contracts: A use case on water management

Citation

Zecchini M, Bracciali A, Chatzigiannakis I & Vitaletti A (2020) On Refining Design Patterns for Smart Contracts: A use case on water management. In: Schwardmann U, Boehme C, Heras DB, Cardellini V, Jeannot E, Salis A, Schifanella C, Reddy Manumachu R, Schwamborn D, Ricci L, Sangyoon O, Gruber T, Antonelli L & Scott SL (eds.) Euro-Par 2019: Parallel Processing Workshops. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11997. 2nd International Workshop on Future Perspective of Decentralized APPlications, Gottingen, Germany, 26.08.2019-29.08.2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48340-1_18

Abstract
The need for a Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering (BOSE) has been recognized in several research papers. Design Patterns are considered among the main and compelling areas to be developed in BOSE. Anyway, design patterns need to be enhanced with some additional fields to better support the specific needs of Blockchain development. In this paper, we discuss the use of Solidity design patterns applied to a water management use case and we introduce specific fields in their description, aiming at offering to Blockchain developers more support in the critical decisions to build efficient decentralized applications.

Keywords
Design Patters; Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering (BOSE); Use Case; Smart Contracts; Solidity