An event-driven workflow framework to develop context-aware mobile applications

Realinho, Valentim; Romão, Teresa; Dias, A. Eduardo

doi:10.1145/2406367.2406395

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“…One possible solution for developing context-dependent applications, still in desktop platforms, even if the obtained applications can then be executed in mobile devices, is IVO (Integrated Virtual Operator) [2]. In IVO the authors used the workflow metaphor in which the activities are triggered by events that are automatically generated at runtime by sensing the environment, either through the smartphone's own sensors, or using a sensor infrastructure external to the smartphone.…”

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Analysing How Users Prefer to Model Contextual Event-Action Behaviours in Their Smartphones

Lucci

Paternò

2015

End-User Development

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Abstract. Developing context-dependent applications involves indicating the relevant contextual events and the corresponding actions. Based on an analysis of the usability and expressiveness of three Android apps for developing such applications, we have started a study that aims to identify a general solution able to better represent how users classify the relevant concepts in order to facilitate their manipulation during development. We report on a card sorting experiment carried out with 18 users for this purpose, and an analysis of its results, with suggestions for improving current designs and informing future solutions.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysing How Users Prefer to Model Contextual Event-Action Behaviours in Their Smartphones

Lucci

Paternò

2015

End-User Development

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“…Workflow Management Systems (WfMS) have been applied in numerous Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) applications [1,3,4,8,17] to provide efficient management of complex composite services. Workflows in MCC can be classified into two basic types:…”

Section: Mobile Cloud Workflow Systemsmentioning

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“…SaaS provides an easy way for end-users not only to deliver the isolated applications, but it can also provide the advanced composite services to end-users in which users can design their own workflows to compose a set of remote Web service and to organise how the Web services behave in order to accomplish their goals without any programming skills. For example, the cloud-based development application-IVO [17] provides an environment which lets non-programmers create and use customised context-aware mobile cloud applications.…”

Section: Remote Central Server As a Workflow Manager (Rcwfm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

SPiCa

Chang

Srirama

Ling

2014

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

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Mobile devices are capable of acting as smart assistances not only to serve their users but also to collaborate with each other remotely via wireless Internet to accomplish common goals. The latter is achieved by establishing a Social Private Cloud (SPC). SPC is a cluster formed by a scalable group of social network participants using their mobile devices that are capable of providing their resources to accomplish computational tasks. In this paper, we propose a workflow-based SPiCa framework that enables task delegation in SPC. In order to support adaptive task scheduling based on resource availabilities, a resource-aware task scheduling scheme has been proposed and implemented as a proof of concept. The evaluation demonstrates that the framework is capable of dynamically reacting to runtime changes in order to adjust the task delegation process.

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“…Even the latest mobile operating system versions have some small context-aware improvements (e.g., alerts that launch on location). A more structured approach is proposed in IVO [98], which aims to support users in building contextaware applications by creating workflows that determine the application behaviour when a specified context is detected. In the workflow description, it is possible to indicate what events and conditions can trigger the various activities.…”

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End User Development: Survey of an Emerging Field for Empowering People

Paternò

2013

ISRN Software Engineering

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce the motivations behind end user development, discuss its basic concepts and roots, and review the current state of art. Various approaches are discussed and classified in terms of their main features and the technologies and platforms for which they have been developed. Lastly, the paper provides an indication of interesting possibilities for further evolution.

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An event-driven workflow framework to develop context-aware mobile applications

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

Analysing How Users Prefer to Model Contextual Event-Action Behaviours in Their Smartphones

Analysing How Users Prefer to Model Contextual Event-Action Behaviours in Their Smartphones

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End User Development: Survey of an Emerging Field for Empowering People

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