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Pervasive Computing Middleware

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Handbook of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

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Pervasive computing envisions applications that provide intuitive, seamless and distraction-free task support for their users. To do this, the applications combine and leverage the distinct functionality of a number of devices. Many of these devices are invisibly integrated into the environment. The devices are equipped with various sensors that enable them to perceive the state of the physical world. By means of wireless communication, the devices can share their perceptions and they can combine them to accurate and expressive models of their surroundings. The resulting models enable applications to reason about past, present and future states of their context and empower them to behave according to the expectations of the user.

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  1. Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Gregor Schiele

  2. Fraunhofer IAIS and Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Marcus Handte

  3. Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Christian Becker

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Schiele, G., Handte, M., Becker, C. (2010). Pervasive Computing Middleware. In: Nakashima, H., Aghajan, H., Augusto, J.C. (eds) Handbook of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93808-0_8

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