— Pervasive and ubiquitous computing is enabling the implementation of “smart environments”, i.e., environments where applications support and enhance the abilities of their ...
E-commerce has been one of the success stories of the last decade. Developments in wireless communications and mobile computing have heralded an era of mobile commerce (m-commerce...
Stephen Keegan, Gregory M. P. O'Hare, Michael J. O...
Abstract. In Japan, a Group Home which offers home-based care service for elderly persons who suffer from dementia have been increased. Even though the small community of the home ...
Media theory is a new branch of discrete applied mathematics originally developed in mid-nineties to deal with stochastic evolution of preference relations in political science an...
Research on smart houses has mostly been focused on automation and invisible integration of technology, which may lead to a perceived loss of control and a sense of being observed....