A survey of software engineering best practices for the development of smart applications in Ambient Intelligence

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Preuveneers, Davy ^a   Novais, Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ambient Intelligence; smart applications; Software engineering; survey

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; DAILY LIVES; ENGINEERING BEST PRACTICE; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOR; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; SMART APPLICATIONS; SMART ENVIRONMENT; SMART SOFTWARES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES;

MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84861380989     PISSN: 18761364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AIS-2012-0150     Document Type: Review

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