Theory and Implementation of an Adaptive Middleware for Ubiquitous Computing Systems
Jingtao Sun, Ichiro Satoh · Journal of Information Processing · 2016
An adaptive middleware system for ubiquitous computing environments, which are dynamic by nature, is proposed.The system introduces the relocation of software components to define functions between computers as a basic mechanism for adaptation on ubiquitous computing.It also defines a language for specifying adaptation policies.Since the language is defined on a theoretical foundation, it enables us to reason about and predict adaptations beforehand.It is also useful to detect conflicts or divergences that may be caused by the adaptations.It supports general-purpose software components and the relocation of the components according to policies described in the language.We describe the design and implementation of the system and present two practical applications.