A Reflective Middleware Architecture for Adaptive Mobile Computing Applications

Celso Maciel da Costa, Marcelo da Silva Strzykalski, Guy Bernard

2006

Abstract

Mobile computing applications are required to operate in environments in which the availability for resources and services may change significantly during system operation. As a result, mobile computing applications need to be capable of adapting to these changes to offer the best possible level of service to their users. However, traditional middleware is limited in its capability of adapting to the environment changes and different users requirements. Computational Reflection paradigm has been used in the design and implementation of adaptive middleware architectures. In this paper, we propose an adaptive middleware architecture based on reflection, which can be used to develop adaptive mobile applications. The reflection-based architecture is compared to a component-based architecture from a quantitative perspective. The results suggest that middleware based on Computational Reflection can be used to build mobile adaptive applications that require only a very small overhead in terms of running time as well as memory space.

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Maciel da Costa C., da Silva Strzykalski M. and Bernard G. (2006). A Reflective Middleware Architecture for Adaptive Mobile Computing Applications . In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Wireless Information Systems - Volume 1: WIS, (ICEIS 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-48-1, pages 12-25. DOI: 10.5220/0002481000120025


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@conference{wis06,
author={Celso Maciel da Costa and Marcelo da Silva Strzykalski and Guy Bernard},
title={A Reflective Middleware Architecture for Adaptive Mobile Computing Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Wireless Information Systems - Volume 1: WIS, (ICEIS 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={12-25},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002481000120025},
isbn={978-972-8865-48-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Wireless Information Systems - Volume 1: WIS, (ICEIS 2006)
TI - A Reflective Middleware Architecture for Adaptive Mobile Computing Applications
SN - 978-972-8865-48-1
AU - Maciel da Costa C.
AU - da Silva Strzykalski M.
AU - Bernard G.
PY - 2006
SP - 12
EP - 25
DO - 10.5220/0002481000120025