This paper briefly presents an architectural pattern, Adaptability Aspects, for structuring adaptive applications using Aspect-Oriented programming in a specific way. We also evaluate the applicability of this pattern for resource constrained devices. The Adaptability Aspects pattern is intended to improve modularity and reuse when adaptability is required. By providing three versions of the sa...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the cognitive factors that predictability and adaptability during multitasking with a flight simulator. BACKGROUND Multitasking has become increasingly prevalent as most professions require individuals to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. Considerable research has been undertaken to identify the characteristics of people (i.e., individual d...

The aim of this study was to explore the relationships among study engagement, learning adaptability, and time management disposition in a sample of Chinese baccalaureate nursing students. A convenient sample of 467 baccalaureate nursing students was surveyed in two universities in Tianjin, China. Students completed a questionnaire that included their demographic information, Chinese Utrecht Wo...

This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors of career adaptability development and its effect on development of sense of power and experience of life satisfaction among 330 Swiss eighth graders. A multivariate measure of career adaptability consisting of career choice readiness, planning, exploration, and confidence was applied. Based on Motivational Systems Theory four groups of pred...

Article history: Received 5 December 2013 Available online 10 January 2014 Career adaptability is a psychosocial construct that reflects individuals' resources for managing career tasks and challenges. This study investigated the effects of demographic characteristics and three sets of individual difference variables (Big Five personality traits, core self-evaluations, and temporal focus) on ch...

The purpose of this multi-study article was to investigate the roles adaptability and social support in predicting a variety psychological outcomes. Data were collected from Year 12 college students ( N = 73; Study 1), university 102; 2), non-studying members general public 141; 3). Findings showed that, beyond variance attributable support, made significant independent contribution wellbeing (...

– We present a model of an adaptive software agent. An agent implementing the model is capable of adjusting itself to different environments that may have features new to the agent. We explicate some of the properties we feel are useful for adaptability. The basic adaptability features could be abstracted to virtually any kind of agent—artificial or living one—that acts in heterogeneous environ...