Multi-temporal Aspects on Contextual Variability Modeling
Abstract
Time is one of the most relevant aspects when we model contextual variability. The temporal perspective guides the modeling of context-aware systems. Despite natural and consensual perception of time, the integrated modeling of its dimensions for developing context-aware software is a recent theme of study. The Past is stored in Contexts Histories, the Present is modeled through Profile Management and the Future is anticipated using Context Prediction. This article discusses the modeling of these three dimensions in the context-aware systems, indicates challenges to each dimension and proposes a system architecture to manage the contextual variability on multi-temporal systems. I believe that this text can be a seminal article to stimulate and guide future researches on temporal aspects of computational environments.
Keywords:
Context awareness, Context History, Profile Management, Context Prediction
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Published
2019-07-12
How to Cite
BARBOSA, Jorge .
Multi-temporal Aspects on Contextual Variability Modeling. In: PROCEEDINGS OF BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON UBIQUITOUS AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING (SBCUP), 11. , 2019, Belém.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
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ISSN 2595-6183.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcup.2019.6590.
