Advances in Ubiquitous Computing: Future Paradigms and Directions: Future Paradigms and Directions

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Mostefaoui, Soraya Kouadri, Maamar, Zakaria, Giaglis, George M.
IGI Global, Feb 28, 2008 - Business & Economics - 376 pages

The development and availability of new computing and communication devices, and the increased connectivity between these devices, thanks to wired and wireless networks, are enabling new opportunities for people to perform their operations anywhere and anytime. This technological expansion has developed a multitude of challenges that demand further research.

Advances in Ubiquitous Computing: Future Paradigms and Directions investigates the technology foreground of ubiquitous computing, the emerging applications and services, as well as certain social issues that are vital for the successful deployment of a ubiquitous computing application, through a multi-perspective analytical lens. Providing academics and practitioners with high quality, authoritative content on such topics as device design, wireless communication, location sensing, privacy concerns, attention focus, multi-person interaction, and direct interaction, work patterns, this Premier Reference Source is a must-have addition to library collections worldwide.

 

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
Mobile Phone and Visual Tags Linking the Physical World to the Digital Domain
ContextAware Mobile Learning on the Semantic Web
ModelDriven Development for Pervasive Information Systems
Device Localization in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
Enabling Programmable Ubiquitous Computing Environments A Middleware Perspective
Designing for Tasks in Ubiquitous Computing Challenges and Considerations
Kinetic User Interfaces Physical Embodied Interaction with Mobile Ubiquitous Computing Systems
MTraffic Mobile Traffic Information and Monitoring System
Towards Ambient Business Enabling Open Innovation in a World of Ubiquitous Computing
ActivityOriented Computing
Privacy Threats in Emerging Ubicomp Applications Analysis and Safeguarding
About the Contributors
Index

Determinants of User Acceptance for RFID Ticketing Systems

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Zakaria Maamar is Professor in the College of Technological Innovation at Zayed University, Dubai, UAE. His research interests include business processes, Internet of things, and Web 2.0. Zakaria has a PhD in computer science from Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. [Editor]

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