Mobile location-based social networking in supported employment for people with cognitive impairments

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-261

  Chang, Yao Jen ^a   Wang, Tsen Yung ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Mobile location based social networking; Social awareness; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; COGNITIVE DEFICITS; COGNITIVE DISABILITY; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COMMUNITY SERVICES; FIELD WORKS; LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS; MOBILE LOCATION; PRECISION AND RECALL; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEARCH RANGE; SOCIAL AWARENESS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; USER LOCATION; WORST CASE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 77952612759     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969721003684964     Document Type: Article

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