... consumers' demand for new services and applications, the complexity of mobile devices is also rapidly increasing, so that more powerful and, consequently, more energy demanding hardware is required. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Mobile networks Mobile technology Computer software...

... Context Context‐state transition Ontology Rule Adaptation SIG (Softgoal Interdependency Graph) Computer software Philosophy In order for a software system to better serve the user, it should be able to adjust its behavior according to the changing needs in the environment. Context‐aware...

... Multimedia systems Communication management Systems and control theory Computer software With the wide spread of the ubiquitous environment, it is necessary to provide adequate multimedia communication services for various users under various networked environments, including an environment...

...@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...

... on each service (resource) can be redundant and may not be necessary. Seng Wai Loke can be contacted at: s.loke@latrobe.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Codes Computer software Modelling Context‐sensitive languages Systems and control theory Pervasive computing...

.... The authors have not seen similar work on this topic. Ningning Cheng can be contacted at: cnn@dislab.nju.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Transactional analysis Modelling Context‐sensitive languages Computer software Quality Error handling Pervasive computing...

... and can be realized by the adaptive software framework. Computing Computer software A trend for the last several years is the emergence of specialized and task‐specific hardware, such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), electronic books, and per‐sonal media players...

... operating systems Computer software Portable computers In a mobile environment, due to the variations and constraints of resources available, it is desirable for mobile applications to adapt their behaviors to the changing context. Context in mobile computing refers to any information about...

...). (4) Clients discover the context delivery service using some discovery techniques (e.g. Jini Lookup (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)) and then submit requests. We also assume that the clients authenticate and exchange encryption keys to ensure secure delivery of data. Computer software Data...