?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=SATIN%3A+a+component+model+for+mobile+self-organisation&rft.creator=Zachariadis%2C+S.&rft.creator=Mascolo%2C+C.&rft.creator=Emmerich%2C+W.&rft.description=We+have+recently+witnessed+a+growing+interest+in+self+organising+systems%2C+both+in+research+and+in+practice.+These+systems+re-organise+in+response+to+new+or+changing+conditions+in+the+environment.+The+need+for+self+organisation+is+often+found+in+mobile+applications%3B+these+applications+are+typically+hosted+in+resource-constrained+environments+and+may+have+to+dynamically+reorganise+in+response+to+changes+of+user+needs%2C+to+heterogeneity+and+connectivity+challenges%2C+as+well+as+to+changes+in+the+execution+context+and+physical+environment.+We+argue+that+physically+mobile+applications+benefit+from+the+use+of+self+organisation+primitives.+We+show+that+a+component+model+that+incorporates+code+mobility+primitives+assists+in+building+self+organising+mobile+systems.+We+present+satin%2C+a+lightweight+component+model%2C+which+represents+a+mobile+system+as+a+set+of+interoperable+local+components.+The+model+supports+reconfiguration%2C+by+offering+code+migration+services.+We+discuss+an+implementation+of+the+satin+middleware%2C+based+on+the+component+model+and+evaluate+our+work+by+adapting+existing+open+source+software+as+satin+components+and+by+building+and+testing+a+system+that+manages+the+dynamic+update+of+components+on+mobile+hosts.&rft.publisher=Springer+Verlag&rft.contributor=Meersman%2C+R.&rft.contributor=Tari%2C+Z.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Meersman%2C+R.+and+Tari%2C+Z.%2C+(eds.)+On+the+Move+to+Meaningful+Internet+Systems+2004%3A+Proceedings+of+CoopIS%2C+DOA+and+ODBASE%2C+Agia+Napa%2C+Cyprus.++(pp.+pp.+1303-1321).++Springer+Verlag+(2004)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F806%2F1%2F6.7_satin.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F806%2F&rft.rights=open