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Romain Rouvoy, Denis Conan, Lionel Seinturier, "Software Architecture Patterns for a Context-Processing Middleware Framework," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1, June, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MDSO.2008.17,
author = {Romain Rouvoy and Denis Conan and Lionel Seinturier},
title = {Software Architecture Patterns for a Context-Processing Middleware Framework},
journal ={IEEE Distributed Systems Online},
volume = {9},
number = {6},
issn = {1541-4922},
year = {2008},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MDSO.2008.17},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Distributed Systems Online
TI - Software Architecture Patterns for a Context-Processing Middleware Framework
IS - 6
SN - 1541-4922
SP
EP
EPD - 1
A1 - Romain Rouvoy,
A1 - Denis Conan,
A1 - Lionel Seinturier,
PY - 2008
KW - context management
KW - software architecture
KW - software components
KW - design patterns
KW - COSMOS
KW - observation policies
KW - context nodes
VL - 9
JA - IEEE Distributed Systems Online
ER -
 
Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo
Denis Conan, Institut TELECOM SudParis
Lionel Seinturier, University of Lille 1
Ubiquitous applications are characterized by variations in their execution context. Their correct operation requires some continual adaptations based on the observation of this context. The design and implementation of these observation policies is thus the cornerstone of any ubiquitous application. COSMOS is a component-based framework for managing context information in ubiquitous context-aware applications. COSMOS decomposes context observation policies into fine-grained units called context nodes, which it implements as software components. These units perform basic context-related operations, such as gathering data from a system or network probe and computing threshold or average values. The framework assembles these units with a set of well-identified architectural design patterns. A mobile computing scenario illustrates the framework's benefits.

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Index Terms:
context management, software architecture, software components, design patterns, COSMOS, observation policies, context nodes
Citation:
Romain Rouvoy, Denis Conan, Lionel Seinturier, "Software Architecture Patterns for a Context-Processing Middleware Framework," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1, June 2008, doi:10.1109/MDSO.2008.17
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