Context-Aware Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing for Enhanced Usability: Adaptive Technologies and Applications

The latest generations and classes of context-aware mobile applications are reviewed in this collection of research articles aimed at practitioners and students in the fields of artificial intelligence, software and systems design, IT security and mobile/wireless computing. Editor Stojanovic (computer science, U. Of Nis, Serbia) has gathered papers from experts all over the world to explore such topics as distributed context management in support of multiple remote users, context-aware database computing and context information and semantics for service compositions. Enhanced usability and personalization of these computing technologies are also examined, especially in the context of social ambient intelligence and next- generation user interfaces. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)