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Towards User Tailoring of Self-Adaptation in Ubiquitous Computing

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Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems II

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Ubiquitous computing both emphasizes the role of self-adaptation and poses new challenges to self-adaptation. These challenges include the need for new kinds of adaptation and the recast of classic ones, namely self-healing, to fit ubiquitous computing environments. Furthermore, because users will play an increasing role in assembling ubicomp systems, a key question is how to enable users to tailor self-adaptation to their needs.

To position the new kinds of self-adaptation, the paper proposes a classification of self-adaptation according to what gets changed in response to what, complementarily to a classification of control loops. Specifically, the paper introduces design meshing, concerning dynamic adaptation to requirements independently put forth by multiple users; pliable apps, concerning structural modes of operation in response to context or other events; and a decentralized, lightweight protocol for self-healing. In addition to semantic aspects, we propose language constructs for users to tailor these kinds of self-adaptation. The paper discusses a decentralized approach to implement these building on common principles such as service orientation and the ability to automatically deploy system models.

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    João Pedro Sousa

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  4. Institute for Software Research, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Sousa, J.P. (2013). Towards User Tailoring of Self-Adaptation in Ubiquitous Computing. In: de Lemos, R., Giese, H., Müller, H.A., Shaw, M. (eds) Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7475. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35813-5_13

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