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Title Handbook of research on ubiquitous computing technology for real time enterprises / Max Mühlhäuser, Iryna Gurevych [editors]
Published Hershey : Information Science Reference, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xli, 619 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Introduction to Ubiquitous Computing
Section 1. Scalability: Two Issues of Global Scale -- 2. Bionics: Learning from The Born -- 3. Ubiquitous Services and Business Processes -- 4. Ontologies for Scalable Services-Based Ubiquitous Computing -- 5. Service Discovery
Section 2. Connectivity: Tapping into Humans and Items -- 6. Wireless and Mobile Communications -- 7. Event-Based and Publish/Subscribe Communication -- 8. Peer-to-Peer Systems -- 9. Opportunistic Networks -- 10. Smart Items in Real Time Enterprises
Section 3. Adaptability: What is (Not) Content -- 11. Context Models and Context Awareness -- 12. A Focus on Location Context -- 13. Adapting to the User
Section 4. Liability: From IT Security to Liability -- 14. Accounting and Charging: Guarantees and Contracts -- 15. Security for Ubiquitous Computing -- 16. Trust and Accountability
Section 5. Ease-of-Use: Natural and Multimodal Interaction -- 17. Mobile Speech Recognition -- 18. Mouth and Ear Interaction -- 19. Advanced Hands and Eyes Interaction -- 20. Intelligent User Interfaces for Ubiquitous Computing -- 21. Multimodal and Federated Interaction -- 22. Multimodal Software Engineering -- 23. Ambient Learning
Section 6. Pilots and Trends at SAP Research -- 24. CoBIs: Collaborative Business Items -- 25. PROMISE: Product Lifecycle Management and Information Tracking Using Smart Embedded Systems -- 26. Real-Time Location Tracking Mashup for Enterprise -- 27. Towards Adaptive Security for Ubiquitous Computing Systems: MOSQUITO and Serenity -- 28. Multimodal Warehouse Project -- 29. Business Grids: Grid Computing for Business Applications -- About the Contributors -- Index
Summary "This book combines the fundamental methods, algorithms, and concepts of pervasive computing with current innovations and solutions to emerging challenges. It systemically covers such topics as network and application scalability, wireless network connectivity, adaptability and "context-aware" computing, information technology security and liability, and human-computer interaction"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Ubiquitous computing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Real-time data processing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
COMPUTERS -- Reference.
COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
COMPUTERS -- Data Processing.
COMPUTERS -- Computer Science.
COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General.
Real-time data processing
Ubiquitous computing
Ubiquitous Computing
Eingebettetes System
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Mühlhäuser, Max.
Gurevych, Iryna.
IGI Global.
ISBN 9781599048321
1599048329
9781599048352
1599048353
1281164984
9781281164988
9786611164980
6611164987