PERSONAF: Framework for personalised ontological reasoning in pervasive computing

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-40

  Niu, William T ^a   Kay, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ontological reasoning; Personal ontology; Pervasive computing; Pervasive personalisation; Scrutable personalisation

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT FRAMEWORK; ITS EVALUATION; LEVEL OF DETAIL; LOCATION INFORMATION; LOW COSTS; ONTOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; ONTOLOGICAL REASONING; PERSONAL ONTOLOGY; PERSONALISATION; PERVASIVE APPLICATIONS; PERVASIVE COMPUTING; REASONER; UNDERSTANDABILITY; USER STUDY;

BUILDINGS; LOCATION;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 76549111632     PISSN: 09241868     EISSN: 15731391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11257-009-9068-2     Document Type: Article

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