Teleo-Reactive Policies in Ponder2

Abstract

Policies could potentially be an important and cost-effective technique for building and managing pervasive systems. Historically, policy-based systems have been built using a policy environment that supports the specification and enforcement of policies for a range of management concerns such as adaptation and security. In this short paper we describe our experiences with challenges in building human-centric pervasive systems. As a result of these experiences we introduce a novel management policy type based on teleo-reactive procedures that replace traditional ECA management policies.