Embodied context models and an approach to re-using context-aware middleware

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dc.contributor.authorDahlem, David C.P.
dc.contributor.supervisorWeber, Jens H.
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-15T16:07:49Z
dc.date.available2008-04-15T16:07:49Z
dc.date.copyright2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008-04-15T16:07:49Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Computer Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Applied Science M.A.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis develops a generalized approach for decoupling how a context model is defined and executed from how context-aware data is acquired and managed within a given middleware system. Decoupling the model specification from the data will likely provide more avenues of context-aware investigations due to an increased flexibility in the choice of a middleware system for handling context data. We provide a detailed description of the approach developed for this decoupling task, called Inspect, Adapt, Model, and Integrate (IAMI). By engaging the steps we show that a context model need not be specifically tied to a given context-aware middleware. This successful decoupling will likely add to the future development of context-aware systems by allowing researchers to build upon existing frameworks as opposed to repeatedly engaging in ground-up development. Moreover, we submit that this decoupling is important in that the number of possible ways of representing and expressing a context model is potentially infinite, but the choice of context-aware middleware systems is limited.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/865
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectcontext-awareen_US
dc.subjectubiquitous computingen_US
dc.subjectcontext modelen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Applied Sciences::Computer scienceen_US
dc.titleEmbodied context models and an approach to re-using context-aware middlewareen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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