Context aware applications, which can adapt their behaviors to changing environments, are
attracting more and more attention. To simplify the complexity of develo** applications …

The rapidly emerging area of pervasive computing faces many challenging research issues
critical to application developers. Wide heterogeneity of hardware, software, and network …

The proliferation of computing into the physical world promises more than the ubiquitous
availability of computing infrastructure; it suggest new paradigms of interaction inspired by …

Context-awareness is one of the drivers of the ubiquitous computing paradigm, whereas a
well designed model is a key accessor to the context in any context-aware system. This …

Context is a key issue in interaction between human and computer, describing the
surrounding facts that add meaning. In mobile computing location is usually used to …

Figure 1 shows the time span for some of the technologies discussed in this article. including
when they were introduced. Of course, a deeper analysis would reveal significant interaction …

We propose a design research approach combining behaviour and engineering techniques
to better support user modeling in personalized mobile advertising applications. User …

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© 2002 IEEE The Human Experience Weiser originated the term ubiq- uitous computing …

Computers have advanced beyond the desktop into many parts of everyday life. Ubiquitous
Computing is inevitably computing in context: it takes place in situations in the real world. So …

This study explores the psychological effects of information tailoring, locational congruity,
and product involvement on user attitudes toward location-based advertising (LBA) on …