Using Model Transformation to Facilitate Dynamic Context Adaptation

Sylvain Degrandsart, Serge Demeyer, Tom Mens

2010

Abstract

The widespread adoption of mobile computing opens the path for more user-centric applications, that need to be continuously and dynamically adapted to different contexts of use. Dealing with such dynamic context adaptation requires a significant amount of effort, due to the high number of contexts that need to be dealt with, as well as the widespread impact that a context change may have. In this article, we propose a change-based approach to context adaptation that reduces the effort and redundancy of dynamic context adaptation through the use of semi-automated and formally specified model transformations. We provide a proof-of-concept using graph transformation, and show how transformation analysis helps to explore the space of reachable contexts.

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Degrandsart S., Demeyer S. and Mens T. (2010). Using Model Transformation to Facilitate Dynamic Context Adaptation . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-10-2, pages 7-19. DOI: 10.5220/0003016900070019


in Bibtex Style

@conference{ftmdd10,
author={Sylvain Degrandsart and Serge Demeyer and Tom Mens},
title={Using Model Transformation to Facilitate Dynamic Context Adaptation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={7-19},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003016900070019},
isbn={978-989-8425-10-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2010)
TI - Using Model Transformation to Facilitate Dynamic Context Adaptation
SN - 978-989-8425-10-2
AU - Degrandsart S.
AU - Demeyer S.
AU - Mens T.
PY - 2010
SP - 7
EP - 19
DO - 10.5220/0003016900070019