... Publishing Limited 2012 Context Context‐awareness Context data management Mobile space Availability Callback Mobility Mobile communication systems Data management Computer applications Mobile networks The recent advances in the field of ubiquitous and mobile technologies have...

...@shiratori.riec.tohoku.ac.jp © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Elder care Surveillance Social services sector Computer applications Social environment Communication technologies Recent reports have described several challenging studies of ubiquitous computing environments for daily life support...

...@acadiau.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Computer software Artificial intelligence Computer applications Intelligent agents Learning SOFTWARE agent systems have been for a long time in very nascent stages. Tremendous development in this field during few years has led...

..., a service management system to explicitly resolve the particular issues stemming from smart spaces when coordinating agents is presented. Yue Suo can be contacted at: suoy@mails.thu.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Systems software Computer applications Smart spaces...

... Interactive devices Computer applications Databases As a result of the development of computer software/hardware technologies, the processing power and storage capacity of personal computers are rapidly increasing. At the same time, technological advances are contributing to the continued...

... Communication Computer applications Instant Messaging (IM) enjoys enormous popularity nowadays. According to a 2005 America online (AOL)'s survey (America Online, 2005), 70 per cent of Internet users use instant messaging and 38 per cent of them swap instant messages no less than they send emails...

... framework, data management (e.g. replica control) framework, communication paradigms, and smart interaction mechanisms. Also, infrastructures needed to support pervasive computing applications and an information appliance should be easy for anyone to use and the interaction with the device should...

... are connected to the primary motor cortex of the brain via the spinal cord or in the case of facial muscles, the pons. This area conveys the ability to move muscles independently and perform fine movements. Computer applications Man‐machine interface Human anatomy Human physiology The vision...

... is called Strict Subscription‐Cover Based Routeing (SSCBR) idea if it uses the following rules (Muhl, 2002): © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Internet Telecommunication network routing Computer applications Publishing Publish/subscribe (P/5) communication paradigm...

... communication equipment Bandwidths Computer applications Adaptability Context awareness is the key element to provide pervasive services (i.e. anywhere, any time) to users in context‐aware computing era, where the system is supposed to have the ability to detect and sense, interpret and respond...

... 2007 Computer applications Information systems Nowadays, new challenges have appeared in information systems: users want to receive the needed information at any time and everywhere. These challenges have solicited developers to integrate mobile terminals in their applications creating...