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ReferencesThe current pervasive middleware is designed to have a monolithic structure according to
a ‘one-size-fits-all’ paradigm, which lacks necessary flexibilities for optimization,
customization and adaptation to different situations. Ontology evolution is another problem
that has not been addressed by the existing pervasive middleware. In this paper, we propose
the marriage of software product line and intelligent agent based pervasive middleware in
order to alleviate these problems, in the context of an ongoing research project called
PLIPerM. Frame based software product line techniques are used together with OWL
ontology reasoning enhanced BDI (Belief-Desire-Intention) agents, which are the basic
building blocks of PLIPerM. Besides the advantages of a software product line, our approach
can handle ontology evolution and keep all related assets in a consistent state. Other
advantages include the ability to configure Jadex BDI agents for different purpose and to
enhance agent intelligence by adding logic reasoning capabilities indirectly to agent beliefs.