Personalized meta-searching using adaptive service composition for mobile web access

摘要

The objective of this study is to investigate the development of personalized context-aware applications using an adaptive service composition approach. We have developed a personalized meta-search mobile application to demonstrate effectiveness of our approach. The meta-search system is able to detect the dynamic contextual information in a mobile application development middleware, and provide meta-searching features to cope with the limitations of mobile stations. This is achieved by an adaptive service composition that is defined according to the adaptation rules defined in a system configuration file. The configuration file acts as a declarative guide for dynamic service compositions to adapt to vigorous changes in the wireless environment. The adaptation configurations can be edited by the user at the mobile station at any time to provide personalized web searching experience for the mobile user.