Resolving uncertainty in context integration and abstraction: [Context integration and abstraction]

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Services, ICPS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-140

  Ye, Juan ^a   McKeever, Susan ^a   Coyle, Lorcan ^a   Neely, Steve ^a   Dobson, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bayes' Theorem; Context abstraction; Context integration; Context aware computing; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYES' THEOREM; CONTEXT ABSTRACTION; CONTEXT INTEGRATION; CONTEXT-AWARE COMPUTING; UNCERTAINTY;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; SENSORS; THEOREM PROVING;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 70249086265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1387269.1387292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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