Pervasive Computing and Communications Design and Deployment Technologies

The 15 contributions in this volume propose frameworks for building pervasive computing systems and address the challenges posed by pervasive communications, context awareness, security, privacy, and assessment. The opening chapter classifies query processing according to execution frequency and compares the classification scheme to existing query taxonomies. A pair of papers from Monash University identify the factors influencing satisfaction with mobile portals and modify the traditional balanced scorecard tool to evaluate aged care services. Other topics include self-addressing for autonomous networking systems, level crossing sampling for energy conservation in wireless sensor networks, secure electronic healthcare record distribution, and interactive use of multimedia content on mobile devices. Malatras is a lecturer with the pervasive and artificial intelligence research group at the University of Fribourg. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)