Managing dynamic context to optimize smart interactions and services

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6400, Issue , 2010, Pages 289-318

  Villegas, Norha M ^a,b   Müller, Hausi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Context modeling; Context awareness; Dynamic context; Dynamic context management; Feature based context characterization survey; Feedback control; Smart interactions; Smart Internet; Smart services

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT MODELING; CONTEXT-AWARENESS; DYNAMIC CONTEXT; DYNAMIC CONTEXT MANAGEMENT; FEATURE-BASED; SMART INTERACTIONS; SMART INTERNET; SMART SERVICES;

INTERNET; OPTIMIZATION; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 79956133932     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16599-3_18     Document Type: Article

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