Context aware pervasive systems : the architecture of a new breed of applications

Seng Loke
Boca Raton, FL : Auerbach Publications, 2006

ISBN: 0849372550

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Book description
The concept of aware systems is one of the most exciting trends in computing today, fuelled by recent developments in pervasive computing. This book introduces a new breed of computer applications that are termed "context-aware pervasive systems" and provides architectural blueprints for building context-aware behaviour into applications. It reviews the anatomy of context-aware pervasive applications, including mobile services, and discusses the integration of context-aware computing with software agents and the Web. It also explores the use of context-awareness for addressing and communications. This text distils general design principles and a generic architecture for context-aware applications.

About the author
Dr. Seng Loke is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and is also an honorary associate of the Centre for Distributed Systems and Software Engineering at Monash University. He was previously a senior fellow at Monash University. He co-leads the Pervasive Computing Group at La Trobe.

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