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Supporting the Development of Applications in Heterogeneous Ubiquitous Computing Environments

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Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design IV (CSCWD 2007)

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Ubiquitous computing is increasingly becoming part of our lives. Various computing devices, having different sizes and capabilities, and using different software platforms are part of our working, leisure and living scenario, where mobile devices coexist and communicate with desktop and laptop computers. Because of this phenomenon, the need for reliable and efficient mechanisms to connect applications running on different platforms is increasing. In this paper we present a middleware which easies the process of development applications running in different platforms in a peer-to-peer computing environment. The papers also present the results of benchmarking tests and the experience of developing different applications with this platform.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Facultad de Cienncias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile

    Nelson Baloian

  2. Department of Information System, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Chile

    Gustavo Zurita

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  1. Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council Canada, N6G 4X8, London, Ontario, Canada

    Weiming Shen

  2. School of Information Systems, Faculty of Business University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

    Jianming Yong

  3. Faculty of Information & Communication Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn, PO Box 218, 3122, Melbourne, Australia

    Yun Yang

  4. Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Centre de Recherches de Royallieu, 60205, Compiègne, France

    Jean-Paul A. Barthès

  5. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, P.R. China

    Junzhou Luo

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Baloian, N., Zurita, G. (2008). Supporting the Development of Applications in Heterogeneous Ubiquitous Computing Environments. In: Shen, W., Yong, J., Yang, Y., Barthès, JP.A., Luo, J. (eds) Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design IV. CSCWD 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5236. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92719-8_2

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