A pattern-based framework for expressing adaptation strategies in adaptive systems

This paper considers the problem of the definition of adaptation strategies at a high level. It presents two main contributions: a typology of elementary adaptation patterns for the adaptation of navigation; and a process to generate adaptation strategies based on the use and the semi-automatic combination of patterns. An experiment in the e-learning domain has been conducted with a group of volunteers. This experiment shows that this pattern based approach for defining adaptation strategies is more suitable than those based on ”traditional” AH languages.