Ocean. Towards Web-scale context-aware computing [Elektronische Ressource] : A community-centric, wide-area approach for in-situ, context-mediated component discovery and composition / Darren Vaughn Carlson

ISNM International School of New Media, an affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck Academic Director: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Schrader Ocean: Towards Web-scale Context-aware Computing A community-centric, wide-area approach for in-situ, context-mediated component discovery and composition DISSERTATION For fulfillment of requirements for the Doctoral Degree of the University of Lübeck from the Faculty of Technology and Natural Sciences Submitted by Darren Vaughn Carlson, M.Sc. From Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States of America Lübeck, May 2009 Erstberichterstatter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Schrader Zweitberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Fischer Vorsitz des Prüfungsausschusses: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Mertins Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 15.07.2009 ii Author’s Declaration I hereby declare that the work presented in this dissertation, except as acknowledged in the text and references, is my own original work and that it has not been submitted for academic recognition or credit at this or any other university. Darren Vaughn Carlson Luebeck, May 2009 iii Abstract Interrelated advances in data communication networks, distributed systems and mobile computing are rapidly altering the domain of network-based software.