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A Context-Aware Approach to Android Memory Management

Muthu, Srinivas

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, Master of Science, University of Toledo, Engineering (Computer Science).
Smartphones are ubiquitous and operate in diverse environments. Hence, they are well suited to utilize contextual information in enhancing the behavior of their applications. However, the potential of context analysis is not fully utilized by Android devices. The Android operating system caches the processes of recently-used applications in memory, so that they can be loaded quickly should the user request them again. We postulate that incorporating context information can improve this caching scheme. As a proof of concept, we set up an experiment that comprised of twenty volunteers (Android smartphone users) and compared the cache hit ratios of the default scheme with a default-context hybrid scheme. This hybrid scheme incorporated information from the user's calendar in determining which processes were cached. To accomplish this task, each volunteer installed an Android application that parses their calendar for contextual clues and generates a list of applications that the user is likely to use. This list is then combined with the default list (that Android generates through recency of usage) to determine the cache hit ratios of the hybrid scheme. Finally, we use the data collected from the experiment to show why the hybrid scheme is more efficient and on a broader level, that context analysis is beneficial in enhancing the user experience.
Jackson Carvalho (Committee Chair)
Mansoor Alam (Committee Member)
Henry Ledgard (Committee Member)

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  • Muthu, S. (n.d.). A Context-Aware Approach to Android Memory Management [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449665506

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Muthu, Srinivas. A Context-Aware Approach to Android Memory Management. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449665506.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Muthu, Srinivas. "A Context-Aware Approach to Android Memory Management." Master's thesis, University of Toledo. Accessed MARCH 29, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449665506

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)