Distributed context retrieval and consistency control in pervasive computing

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-74

  Roussaki, Ioanna ^a   Strimpakou, Maria ^a   Pils, Carsten ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

^b South East Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consistent context replication; Context management; Context awareness; Query handling

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENCY CONTROL; CONTEXT MANAGEMENT; DISTRIBUTING CONTEXT INFORMATION; QUERY CONTEXT INFORMATION; QUERY HANDLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; QUERY LANGUAGES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947526597     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10922-006-9053-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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