Ubiquitous computing (Ubicomp) researchers have been struggling to realize global ubiquitous computing environment (GUCE). Although Ubicomp systems are studied broadly, there are only a few attempts to study Ubicomp systems based on GUCE especially from theories and high-level abstractions models. To bridge the research gap and provide an appropriate theory and model to underlie Ubicomp systems research, this paper describes the Ubicomp systems from socio-technical systems theory and complex adaptive systems theory perspective. This study gives a set of properties for Ubicomp systems as complex adaptive socio-technical systems which is subsequently used to compare three modeling approaches for Ubicomp systems modeling. Three modeling approaches are system dynamics modeling, discrete-even modeling and agent-based modeling respectively. This explorative and comparative study conclude that understanding Ubicomp systems through the complex adaptive socio-technical system theory and modeling Ubicomp systems through agent-based modeling methodology offer insight into the current complexity of Ubicomp systems.
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Wang, Y., Gu, J., & Zhou, Z. (2014). Complex adaptive socio-technical systems theory view of ubiquitous computing systems research. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 8867, 216–223. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13102-3_36
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