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Context-Aware Systems: Models and Functionality

Context-Aware Systems: Models and Functionality
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Author(s): Yu-Ling Chang (University of Waterloo, Canada), Paulo Alencar (University of Waterloo, Canada), Eduardo S. Barrenechea (University of Waterloo, Canada), Rolando Blanco (University of Waterloo, Canada)and Donald Cowan (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering: Design, Implementation, and Emergent Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Paulo Alencar (University of Waterloo, Canada)and Donald Cowan (University of Waterloo, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-655-1.ch034

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Abstract

Context aware systems reduce the need for user intervention and provide smarter services by considering a user’s situation. Context models decide how the contextual information is modeled and what type of context should be considered; they are essential in providing the “right” services to the users. Existing surveys of context-aware systems focus heavily on the data structures for modeling contextual information and the architecture of context-aware systems. In this chapter, the authors focus on the contextual information being modeled and the functionality provided by context-aware systems. They present a classification framework for both context models and the functionality of context-aware systems. The authors then compare existing context-aware systems against the classification framework. Moreover, they show how a higher level context model can be derived from the fundamental elements in the classification framework of context models.

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