Research Article

A comprehensive solution for application-level adaptation

  1. K. Geihs1,*,
  2. P. Barone2,
  3. F. Eliassen3,7,
  4. J. Floch4,
  5. R. Fricke5,
  6. E. Gjorven3,
  7. S. Hallsteinsen4,
  8. G. Horn4,
  9. M. U. Khan1,
  10. A. Mamelli2,
  11. G. A. Papadopoulos6,
  12. N. Paspallis6,
  13. R. Reichle1,
  14. E. Stav4

Article first published online: 15 SEP 2008

DOI: 10.1002/spe.900

Issue

Software: Practice and Experience

Software: Practice and Experience

Volume 39, Issue 4, pages 385–422, 25 March 2009

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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. and Stav, E. (2009), A comprehensive solution for application-level adaptation. Software: Practice and Experience, 39: 385–422. doi: 10.1002/spe.900

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of Kassel, D-34121 Kassel, Germany

  2. 2

    HP Italy Innovation Center, I-20063 Cernusco sul Naviglio (Milano), Italy

  3. 3

    Simula Research Laboratory, NO-1325 Lysaker, Norway

  4. 4

    SINTEF ICT, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway

  5. 5

    Condat AG, D-10559 Berlin, Germany

  6. 6

    University of Cyprus, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus

  7. 7

    University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway

*University of Kassel, D-34121 Kassel, Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 15 SEP 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 JUL 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 7 JUL 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 5 DEC 2007

Funded by

  • EC. Grant Number: FP6 IST 4159

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Keywords:

  • adaptive software;
  • component framework;
  • compositional adaptation;
  • context awareness;
  • model-driven development;
  • utility function

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.

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