Combining Coordination and Organisation Mechanisms for the Development of a Dynamic Context-aware Information System Personalised by means of Logic-based Preference Methods

Abstract

The general objective of this thesis is to enhance current ICDs by developing a personalised information system stable over dynamic and open environments, by adapting the behaviour to different situations, and handle user preferences in order to effectively provide the content (by means of a composition of several information services) the user is waiting for. Thus, the system combines two different usage contexts: the adaptive behaviour, in which the system adapts to unexpected events (e.g., the sudden failure of a service selected as information source), and the information customisation, in which the system proactively personalises a list of suggestions by considering user’s context and preferences.