SCAFOS: Linking sensor data to context-aware applications using abstract events

International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-377

  Katsiri, Eleftheria ^a   Bacon, Jean ^b   Mycroft, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed databases; Programming; Sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873620090     PISSN: 17427371     EISSN: 1742738x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17427370710863112     Document Type: Article

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