The rise of the number and complexity of pervasive systems is a fact. Pervasive systems developers need advanced development methods in order to build better systems in an easy way...
In this chapter, we present some of the biologically-inspired approaches, developed within the context of the European project BIONETS for enabling autonomic pervasive computing en...
Pervasive computing devices (e.g., sensor networks, localization devices, cameras, etc.) are increasingly present in every aspect of our lives. These devices are able to generate ...
Gabriella Castelli, Ronaldo Menezes, Franco Zambon...
Pervasive computing systems provide personalized and intimate services to improve users' quality of life by integrating computation and communication into the environments. Wi...
Sensors are often indicative of events of interest, or events which a system should be aware of and should react to. In particular, such indications may reflect unsteadiness or in...
Amir Padovitz, Arkady B. Zaslavsky, Seng Wai Loke,...