Towards Agent Device Ontology as Genotype

In a future of pervasive and contextually aware computing, the knowledge and understanding of mobile device attributes and capabilities will be a key enabler. Software engineers and developers will benefit from the understanding of possible device configurations which represent optimal market solutions. This paper discusses the first of a several phase investigation using the techniques of evolutionary computation to construct a multiobjective optimisation model and system. The overall goal is a system to provide insight into the potential device configurations that a software engineer might face in the future. Through the use of biological analogy, the problem suitability for co-evolutionary design and the foundation of a mobile device genome will be presented.