Context-Aware Computing and Self-Managing Systems

Through various examples, this book shows how context-aware computing can be used in many self-managing systems, including devices, applications, middleware, and networks. It enables researchers of context-aware computing to identify potential applications in the area of autonomous computing. The text also supports researchers of autonomous computing in defining, modeling, and capturing dynamic aspects of self-managing systems. The expert contributors identify context-aware aspects in autonomous systems, describe the essentials of self-managing systems, and present a higher-level vision of future large-scale networks.