... position discovery Localization Mobile computing Location‐based services Information retrieval Information services Distributed systems Real‐time localization services are gaining more and more importance for a broad range of applications, such as road/highway monitoring, emergency management...

... capabilities currently supports the research of novel location‐ and context‐aware services in many application scenarios. Traditionally, location‐based services and location‐based information retrieval are associated with services that allow users to get resources that are relevant and practically accessible...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Context sensitive languages Databases Information retrieval Context is any information that can be used to characterize the situation of an entity. An entity is a person, place or object that is considered relevant to the interaction between a user...