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Software applications executing in highly dynamic environments are faced with the challenge of frequent and usually unpredictable changes in their execution environment. In order to cope with this challenge effectively, the applications need to adapt to these changes dynamically. CASA (Contract-based Adaptive Software Architecture) provides a framework for enabling dynamic adaptation of applications, in response to changes in their execution environment. One of the principle adaptation mechanisms employed in the CASA framework is dynamic recomposition of application components. In this paper, we discuss implementation issues related to the approach for dynamic recomposition of application components in CASA.
The work presented in this paper was supported (in part) by the National Center of Competence in Research on Mobile Information and Communication Systems (NCCR-MICS), a center supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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Mukhija, A., Glinz, M. (2005). Runtime Adaptation of Applications Through Dynamic Recomposition of Components. In: Beigl, M., Lukowicz, P. (eds) Systems Aspects in Organic and Pervasive Computing - ARCS 2005. ARCS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3432. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31967-2_9
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