Context-aware applications can better meet users’ needs when sensing agents installed in the environment automatically provide input relevant to the application. However, this n...
— Binding services are crucial building blocks in networks and networked applications. A binding service (e.g., the Domain Name System (DNS)) maps certain information, namely, bi...
Abstract. A major challenge of Ambient Intelligence lies in building middleware that can ease service implementation through allowing the application developer to emphasize only th...
Abstract. During the development of context aware applications a context management component must traditionally be created. This task requires specialist context lifecycle managem...
Service Management controls how business services are developed and delivered to customers. Business services must be flexible negotiable between customer and provider. Temporal a...