Feature logic for web resources customization: Design and implementation

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sam, Yacine^{a; *} | Boucelma, Omar^b | Colonna, François-Marie^b

Affiliations: [a] François Rabelais Tours University, LI, France | [b] Aix-Marseille University, LSIS, France

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: yacine.sam@univ-tours.fr

Abstract: Users preferences heterogeneity in distributed systems often forces resources suppliers to offer customizable-resources in order to fulfill different customer needs. In this paper we present the formalization and implementation of a Feature Logic based approach that allows customizable-resources description, selection, and composition. In our approach, resources and requests are both specified in a logical framework by feature terms. The feature terms unification technique allows reasoning on these specifications in order to select and possibly compose the resources that are candidate to satisfy a client request.

DOI: 10.3233/KES-2011-0221

Journal: International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 189-201, 2011