Pervasive Information Systems

Today's ubiquitous computing technology is imbedded in everyday objects from cars to clothes to shipping containers, whose location, context, and state can be monitored, instantly processed, and acted upon. This new volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Kourouthanassis, Panos E., Giaglis, George M.
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Armonk, N.Y Routledge 2008
Taylor and Francis
M.E. Sharpe
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesAdvances in management information systems
Subjects
Information technology
Mobile computing
Social Aspects of Human Computer Interaction
Ubiquitous computing
ubiquitous
Practical Functionality
Context Aware Systems
WPANs
OSGi
Context Aware Applications
environments
Augmented Reality
PARC
OSGi Framework
augmented
Pervasive Health Care
aware
computing
computer
Xerox PARC
Accenture Technology Labs
Business Processes
context
HMD
Pervasive Information Systems
Pervasive Computing Applications
wearable
Installation Kit
Pervasive Systems
Pervasive Computing
Smart Phone
Wireless Sensor Network
WLAN Infrastructure
Pervasive Computing Environment
Played Back
reality
Te Ch
applications
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ISBN9781138692817
1138692816
9780765616890
0765616890
DOI10.4324/9781315288659

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Preface -- 1. Toward Pervasiveness: Four Eras of Information Systems Development -- Part I. Features and Design of Pervasive Information Systems -- 2. The Design Challenge of Pervasive Information Systems -- 3. Requirements for Middleware for Pervasive Information Systems -- 4. A Software Factory for Pervasive Systems Development -- Part II. Applications of Pervasive Information Systems -- 5. Domestic Pervasive Information Systems: End-user Programming of Digital Homes -- 6. Corporate Pervasive Information Systems -- 7. Wearable Computing Applications and Challenges -- 8. Pervasive Electronic Services in Health Care -- Part III. Properties of Pervasive Information Systems and Their Evaluation -- 9. Aesthetic Concerns in Pervasive Information Systems -- 10. A Framework for the Evaluation of Pervasive Information Systems -- Editors and Contributors -- Series Editor -- Index