*Result*: Programming Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Applications with TOTA

Title:
Programming Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Applications with TOTA
Contributors:
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Publication Year:
2002
Collection:
CiteSeerX
Document Type:
*Academic Journal* text
File Description:
application/pdf
Language:
English
Rights:
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it.
Accession Number:
edsbas.5DD274AB
Database:
BASE

*Further Information*

*Pervasive computing calls for suitable programming models and associated supporting infrastructures to deal with large software systems dived in complex and dynamic network environments. Here we present TOTA, a new approach for the development of pervasive computing applications. TOTA proposes relying on tuple-based information to be spatially diffused in the network on the basis of some application-specific propagation rule, to be exploited by application agents to achieve context-awareness and to effectively coordinate with each other. As shown with the help of a case study scenario, TOTA, while promoting a simple programming model, is effective to facilitate access to distributed information, navigate in complex networks, and enforce complex coordination activities in an adaptive way.*