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Title

An architecture-based approach to developing context-aware adaptive systems

Author(s)

Hussein, Mahmoud;  Han, Jun;  Colman, Alan;  Yu, Jian

Abstract

Self-adaptive systems and context-aware systems have been proposed to provide the ability for a software system to adapt itself at runtime to cope with changes in its environment and user needs. However, research in self-adaptation and context-awareness has been carried out largely in separate communities, with limited reference to each other. Research in self-adaptation is more concerned with how to adapt the system, while research in context-awareness is more concerned with how to model, process, and manage the context information. In general, context-aware adaptive software systems need to consider both perspectives in a holistic manner. With the objective to gain a better understanding of the relationship between context-awareness and self-adaptation to advance the research and practice in this area, we in this paper introduce a layered architecture that integrates both perspectives. In addition, we demonstrate our approach through the development of a context-aware adaptive vehicle route planning software system.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies

Source

Proceedings of the 19th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshops on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (IEEE ECBS 2012), Novi Sad, Serbia, 11-13 April 2012, pp. 154-163

Publication year

2012

FOR Code(s)

080101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics;  080302 Computer System Architecture;  080309 Software Engineering

Keyword(s)

Context-awareness;  Context modelling;  Self-adaptivity;  Software architecture;  System modelling

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN

9781467309127, 1467309125

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2012.13

Copyright

Copyright © 2012 IEEE.

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