Context-Aware Middleware for Supporting Mobile Applications and Services

Handbook of Mobile Systems Applications and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 269-304

  Xue, Wenwei ^a,b   Pung, Hung Keng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85151708539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b11955-12     Document Type: Chapter

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