COMPACT: Middleware for context representation and management in pervasive computing

International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-246

  Strimpakou, Maria ^a   Roussaki, Ioanna ^a   Pils, Carsten ^b   Anagnostou, Miltiades ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b South East Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

COMPACT; Context middleware; Context model Ontology; Pervasive service platform; Privacy aware context management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893426451     PISSN: 17427371     EISSN: 1742738X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17427370780000153     Document Type: Article

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