SimCon: A context simulator for supporting evaluation of smart building applications when faced with uncertainty

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-159

  McGlinn, Kris ^a   Hederman, Lucy ^a   Lewis, Dave ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Context simulation; Smart building application evaluation; Uncertainty in context; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

SEMANTICS; VISUALIZATION;

BUILDING APPLICATIONS; CONTEXT INFORMATION; CONTEXT SIMULATION; IN CONTEXTS; LOCATION CONTEXTS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; USABILITY EVALUATION;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 84901397374     PISSN: 15741192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.02.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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