This paper presents a framework prototype for sentient environments. The framework provides a generic interface to the applications for interacting with sentient artefacts in a un...
Abstract. This paper describes the architecture and implementation of a constraint-based framework for rapid prototyping of distributed applications such as virtual simulations, co...
Context-aware applications and middleware platforms are evolving into major driving factors for pervasive systems. The ability to also make accurate assumptions about future contex...
A mediator is a domain-speci c tool to support uniform access to multiple heterogeneous information sources and to abstract and combine data from different but related databases t...
Jacques Calmet, Sebastian Jekutsch, Joachim Sch&uu...
Performing simple keyword-based search has long been the only way to access information. But for a truly comprehensive search on multimedia data, this approach is no longer sucien...