Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 8th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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POSTER Towards Proactive Adaptation in Pervasive Environments

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_19,
        author={Sebastian VanSyckel and Gregor Schiele and Christian Becker},
        title={POSTER Towards Proactive Adaptation in Pervasive Environments},
        proceedings={Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 8th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Proactive Adaptation Context-aware Computing Pervasive Computing},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_19}
    }
    
  • Sebastian VanSyckel
    Gregor Schiele
    Christian Becker
    Year: 2012
    POSTER Towards Proactive Adaptation in Pervasive Environments
    MOBIQUITOUS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_19
Sebastian VanSyckel1,*, Gregor Schiele1,*, Christian Becker1,*
  • 1: Universität Mannheim
*Contact email: sebastian.vansyckel@uni-mannheim.de, gregor.schiele@uni-mannheim.de, christian.becker@uni-mannheim.de

Abstract

Pervasive computing applications can adjust their behavior to a multitude of information deemed to be relevant for their situation, their so-called context. Thus far, however, adaptation in such context-aware systems is reactive and limited to the application itself. These restrictions inevitably delay adjustments to events. They cause frequent reconfigurations, and may result in inferior overall system configurations. To remedy these shortcomings, we propose a framework for proactive adaptation that supports applications in preparing for, or counteracting, upcoming context events. The framework consists of (i) a context management component with prediction capabilities, (ii) an application model for calculating adaptation alternatives, and (iii) a pool of adaptation strategies for decision-making.