This paper proposes a middleware based on the multi-agent paradigm. Our proposition enables agents to locate and to interact easily with heterogeneous services and information pro...
Automatic adaptation of the environment to user preferences results in personalized ambients that fulfill user interaction requirements in a more suitable way. However, the proble...
Mobile workers need seamless access to communication and information services on portable devices. However current solutions overwhelm users with intrusive and ambiguous notificat...
The Wizard of Oz (WOz) technique is an experimental evaluation mechanism. It allows the observation of a user operating an apparently fully functioning system whose missing servic...
Policy-based automation is emerging as a viable approach to IT systems management, codifying high-level business goals into executable specifications for governing IT operations. ...
Eser Kandogan, John H. Bailey, Paul P. Maglio, Ebe...