Counting or estimating the number of tags is crucial for large-scale RFID systems. The use of multiple readers was recently proposed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness in ...
This paper proposes a multiagent based virtual community as a new means to support pervasive computing services. We give a conceptual definition of the concept of Place-Based Virt...
Tuan Nguyen, Seng Wai Loke, Torab Torabi, Hongen L...
This paper identifies requirements for querying and accessing context information in mobile and pervasive computing environments. Furthermore it studies existing query languages s...
Roland Reichle, Michael Wagner, Mohammad Ullah Kha...
The idea of smart shelves or tables equipped with RFID technology has been around for some time now. There already are commercial products available, especially for retailing. All...
Pervasive computing applications are tedious to develop because they combine a number of problems ranging from device heterogeneity, to middleware constraints, to lack of programm...
Charles Consel, Wilfried Jouve, Julien Lancia, Nic...