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Advances in Software Engineering
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 649563, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/649563
Research Article

Dynamic Context-Aware and Limited Resources-Aware Service Adaptation for Pervasive Computing

Moeiz Miraoui,1 Chakib Tadj,1 Jaouhar Fattahi,2 and Chokri Ben Amar3

1LATIS Laboratory, École de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec, 1100, Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
2LSFM Laboratory, Université Laval, 2325, Rue de l'Université, Québec city, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
3REGIM Laboratory, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Route de Soukra, B.P. W, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia

Received 25 August 2011; Accepted 15 November 2011

Academic Editor: Letha Hughes Etzkorn

Copyright © 2011 Moeiz Miraoui et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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