Mobile social networking middleware: A survey

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 437-453

  Bellavista, Paolo ^a   Montanari, Rebecca ^a   Das, Sajal K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Middleware; Mobile applications; Mobile social networking; Opportunistic computing; Social communities

Indexed keywords

MIDDLEWARE; MOBILE COMPUTING; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS (MSN); ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS (OSN); OPPORTUNISTIC COMPUTING; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; SOCIAL COMMUNITIES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84878650945     PISSN: 15741192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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