Is there meta-level in smart spaces?

Smart spaces are highly dynamic interactive environments supporting people in their activities. Management of such environments is a very challenging task due to the volatile nature of the interactions happening among resources and people acting in these environments. In this article, we study whether meta-level control of smart spaces helps to tackle this challenge. We suggest making a distinction between context-based adaptation activities of smart spaces and monitoring and controlling of these adaptation activities. We conduct simulation studies in order to validate the proposed concept.