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A comprehensive solution for application‐level adaptation
Author(s) -
Geihs K.,
Barone P.,
Eliassen F.,
Floch J.,
Fricke R.,
Gjorven E.,
Hallsteinsen S.,
Horn G.,
Khan M. U.,
Mamelli A.,
Papadopoulos G. A.,
Paspallis N.,
Reichle R.,
Stav E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.900
Subject(s) - madam , adaptation (eye) , middleware (distributed applications) , computer science , context (archaeology) , component (thermodynamics) , ubiquitous computing , code (set theory) , software engineering , distributed computing , operating system , programming language , set (abstract data type) , geography , physics , optics , archaeology , political science , law , thermodynamics
Abstract Driven by the emergence of mobile and pervasive computing there is a growing demand for context‐aware software systems that can dynamically adapt to their run‐time environment. We present the results of project MADAM that has delivered a comprehensive solution for the development and operation of context‐aware, self‐adaptive applications. The main contributions of MADAM are (a) a sophisticated middleware that supports the dynamic adaptation of component‐based applications, and (b) an innovative model‐driven development methodology that is based on abstract adaptation models and corresponding model‐to‐code transformations. MADAM has demonstrated the viability of a general, integrated approach to application‐level adaptation. We discuss our experiences with two real‐world case studies that were built using the MADAM approach. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.