DIFFICULT ISSUES IN DESIGNING ADAPTIVE OBJECT MODEL SYSTEMS

Yun Mai, Jinmiao Li, Greg Butler

2004

Abstract

The adaptive object model enables a system to change its behavior at run-time without re-programming. It provides an extremely extensible architecture solution for large software systems. As a particular kind of reflective architecture, the core of the adaptive object model encapsulates changeable system properties and behaviors as meta-information. Changing the meta-information reflects changes in the domain. However, this approach leads to a more complex design compared to a traditional object-oriented design and thus its implementation is difficult for developers. This paper provides a general design model that compiles techniques proposed by existing adaptive systems and models. The core of the design model is based on a layered architecture. The paper starts from a high level view of the architecture. It then zooms in different components. Major issues in designing various components are fully discussed. General design solutions are elicited as a result of the discussions.

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Mai Y., Li J. and Butler G. (2004). DIFFICULT ISSUES IN DESIGNING ADAPTIVE OBJECT MODEL SYSTEMS . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 295-302. DOI: 10.5220/0002614202950302


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@conference{iceis04,
author={Yun Mai and Jinmiao Li and Greg Butler},
title={DIFFICULT ISSUES IN DESIGNING ADAPTIVE OBJECT MODEL SYSTEMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={295-302},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002614202950302},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - DIFFICULT ISSUES IN DESIGNING ADAPTIVE OBJECT MODEL SYSTEMS
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Mai Y.
AU - Li J.
AU - Butler G.
PY - 2004
SP - 295
EP - 302
DO - 10.5220/0002614202950302