Maps of physical environments and geographical areas are pervasively exploited in many human activities. Electronic maps of virtual worlds have been studied and proven to be usefu...
Pervasive computing environments have created a requirement for spatial- and temporal-aware access control systems. Although temporal, spatial and spatio-temporal role-based acces...
- To overcome shortcomings of Exact Matching Method (EMM) and Substitute Description Method (SDM), an Inexact Matching Method Based on Ontology and Semantic Distance (OSDIMM) is in...
A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of many tiny and low-power devices deployed in a sensing field. One of the major tasks of a WSN is to monitor the surrounding environment...
—A near-regular texture (NRT) is a geometric and photometric deformation from its regular origin—a congruent wallpaper pattern formed by 2D translations of a single tile. A dyn...