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Adaptive software is a new kind of generic software which attempts to minimize and localize dependency on the context in which the software will be used. An adaptive program is written in terms of constraints on the customizing context in which the program may be used. The constraints are written so that they only encode necessary dependencies and at the same time they localize information on groups of collaborating classes.
Adaptive software is usually written for a given context in mind and therefore it is important that the adaptive program does not use too much information from the current context. Therefore, we introduce in this paper a dependency metric which measures context dependency between an adaptive program and a customizer. The paper also discusses how constraints on customizing contexts can be written so that information loss is eliminated.
Supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers CCR-9102578 (Software Engineering) and CDA-9015692 (Research Instrumentation).
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Lieberherr, K.J., Xiao, C. (1993). Minimizing dependency on class structures with adaptive programs. In: Nishio, S., Yonezawa, A. (eds) Object Technologies for Advanced Software. ISOTAS 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 742. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57342-9_87
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