This paper examines how methods inspired by biological processes can be applied to the design of large-scale environment-aware sensor networks. Our ultimate goal are systems conta...
Traditionally, top-down and bottom-up design approaches have competed with each other in Algorithmics and Software Engineering. In the top-down approach, design process starts wit...
The growing importance of context-awareness in the construction of adaptable systems requires the development of formal models and notations that can bring this new dimension from ...
Even modern component architectures do not provide for easily manageable context-sensitive adaptability, a key requirement for ambient intelligence. The reason is that components a...
Modeling the dependencies between provided and required services within a software component is necessary for several reasons, such as automated component adaptation and architectu...