Research on the Internet of Things (IoT) has devoted many efforts to technological aspects.
Little social and practical benefits have emerged so far. IoT devices, so-called smart objects …

After introducing the core constituents of mashups, the components, in this chapter we study
what it means to integrate different components into composite applications, that is …

Integrating smart heterogeneous objects, IoT devices, data sources, and software services to
produce new business processes and functionalities continues to attract considerable …

Context: End-user service composition (EUSC) is a service-oriented paradigm that aims to
empower end users and allow them to compose their own web applications from reusable …

Objective Create a visual mobile end user development framework, named Puzzle, which
allows end users without IT background to create, modify and execute applications, and …

Context: The emergence of the long-tail in the market of software applications is shifting the
role of end-users from mere consumers to becoming developers of applications addressing …

The collaborative decision-making process is traditionally supported by multi-user
interfaces, such as large multi-touch screens or interactive tabletops for accessing, relating …

In recent years, models, composition paradigms, and tools for mashup development have
been proposed to support the integration of information sources, services and APIs available …

Mobile devices are everywhere, and the scope of their use is growing from simple calling
and texting through Internet browsing to more technical activities such as creating message …

Mashup tools are a class of integrated development environments that enable rapid, on-the-
fly development of mashups-a type of lightweight Web applications mixing content and …