Title :
A Multi-Dimensional Architectural Approach to Behavior-Intensive Adaptive Pervasive Applications
Author :
Aoumeur, Nasreddine ; Barkaoui, Kamel ; Saake, Gunter
Author_Institution :
ITI, Univ. Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Abstract :
Pervasive applications are featured by their transient interactions, explicit surrounding contexts and by the flow of activities. Towards transparently tackling these features yet rigorously modelling and validating such applications, this contribution capitalizes on SE advances: (1) explicit separation of concerns (e.g. interaction-centric functionalities and context-awareness); (2) flexible description of intrinsic rules governing any behavior-intensive task; and (3) concern-based transient architectural connectors to cope with adaptability. More precisely, we propose a multi-concern architectural approach that explicitly separate interaction concerns from context-aware ones. Each concern is first independently conceived through tailored ECA architectural connectors. These concerns are then accordingly integrated at the fine-grained activity level.
Keywords :
software architecture; ubiquitous computing; user interfaces; behavior-intensive adaptive pervasive applications; context-awareness; fine-grained activity level; interaction-centric functionalities; multidimensional architectural approach; pervasive applications; transient interactions; Application software; Competitive intelligence; Computational Intelligence Society; Computer vision; Connectors; Context modeling; Embedded computing; Multiuser detection; Pervasive computing; Physics computing; Composition; Context-awareness; ECA-rules; Transient connectors MUD game; activity;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2009. ISWPC 2009. 4th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2965-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2966-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISWPC.2009.4800554