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Grounding ecologies on multiple spaces

Authors:

Francesco Tisato,

Marco P. Locatelli,

Daniela MicucciAuthors Info & Claims

Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Volume 8, Issue 4

Pages 575 - 596

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2011.10.005

Published: 01 August 2012 Publication History

Abstract

The paper introduces an architectural model, which pairs virtual and physical ecologies into augmented ecologies. The notion of space as a first class concept fosters a neat separation of the two main parts of an ecology: the environment and the organisms it contains. Virtual organisms view the common environment through multiple ecology spaces, described in terms of core space models and related by mappings between locations. This leads to a flexible space-aware paradigm supporting the indirect communication between organisms, including both message passing and data sharing. Finally, the paper presents a concrete framework reifying the model and an example application.

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Castelli GMamei MRosi AZambonelli F(2015)Engineering Pervasive Service EcosystemsACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems10.1145/270032110:1(1-27)Online publication date: 9-Mar-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2700321
Napoletano PBoccignone GTisato F(2015)Attentive Monitoring of Multiple Video Streams Driven by a Bayesian Foraging StrategyIEEE Transactions on Image Processing10.1109/TIP.2015.243143824:11(3266-3281)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TIP.2015.2431438
Bernini DGorton IBabar M(2010)Architectural abstractions for space and time awarenessProceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Volume10.1145/1842752.1842757(12-16)Online publication date: 23-Aug-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1842752.1842757

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