Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines

Luis Ferreira Pires; N. Maatjes; Marten J. van Sinderen; P. Dockhorn Costa

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85379-4_13

Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines

Luis Ferreira Pires, N. Maatjes, Marten J. van Sinderen, P. Dockhorn Costa

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Abstract

This paper aims at demonstrating that the Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) approach to transformation is suitable to cope with the abstraction gap between the specification of application rules for context-aware applications and the implementation of these rules using rule engines. This paper reports on the transformation of Event-Condition-Action (ECA) rules onto rules that can be executed by the Jess rules engine. We have applied the MDA approach to define this transformation, by specifying it in terms of mappings between elements of the ECA Domain-specific Language (ECA-DL), which is the language we developed to represent ECA rules, and the Jess metamodel. The transformation was fully specified, implemented using the Atlas Transformation Language (ATL) and tested with a simple example.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Constructing Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2007 Workshops
Editors	J. Vanderdonckt, K. Coninx, F. Flentge, T. Ziegert, A. Petter
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	24-32
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-85378-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85379-4_13
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Workshop on Model-driven Software Engineering - Darmstadt, Germany Duration: 7 Nov 2007 → 7 Nov 2007

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Number	7
Volume	11

Workshop

Workshop	Workshop on Model-driven Software Engineering
Period	7/11/07 → 7/11/07
Other	7 November 2007

Keywords

EWI-11911
Automated transformation
Rule engine
METIS-246017
IR-62168
Context-aware application
Model Driven Architecture
SCS-Services

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Ferreira Pires, L., Maatjes, N., van Sinderen, M. J., & Dockhorn Costa, P. (2008). Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines. In J. Vanderdonckt, K. Coninx, F. Flentge, T. Ziegert, & A. Petter (Eds.), Constructing Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2007 Workshops (pp. 24-32). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 11, No. 7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85379-4_13

Ferreira Pires, Luis ; Maatjes, N. ; van Sinderen, Marten J. et al. / Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines. Constructing Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2007 Workshops. editor / J. Vanderdonckt ; K. Coninx ; F. Flentge ; T. Ziegert ; A. Petter. Berlin : Springer, 2008. pp. 24-32 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; 7).

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Ferreira Pires, L, Maatjes, N, van Sinderen, MJ & Dockhorn Costa, P 2008, Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines. in J Vanderdonckt, K Coninx, F Flentge, T Ziegert & A Petter (eds), Constructing Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2007 Workshops. Communications in Computer and Information Science, no. 7, vol. 11, Springer, Berlin, pp. 24-32, Workshop on Model-driven Software Engineering, 7/11/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85379-4_13

Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines. / Ferreira Pires, Luis; Maatjes, N.; van Sinderen, Marten J. et al.
Constructing Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2007 Workshops. ed. / J. Vanderdonckt; K. Coninx; F. Flentge; T. Ziegert; A. Petter. Berlin: Springer, 2008. p. 24-32 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 11, No. 7).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Ferreira Pires L, Maatjes N, van Sinderen MJ, Dockhorn Costa P. Model-driven approach to the implementation of context-aware applications using rule engines. In Vanderdonckt J, Coninx K, Flentge F, Ziegert T, Petter A, editors, Constructing Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2007 Workshops. Berlin: Springer. 2008. p. 24-32. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; 7). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-85379-4_13