When implementing persistent objects on a relational database, a major performance issue is prefetching data to minimize the number of roundtrips to the database. This is especial...
Systems must provide for mobile applications to be aware of the context in which they are being used. This is necessary to permit adaptation to heterogeneity of hosts and networks...
Diagram manipulation in conventional CAD systems requires frequent mode switching and explicit placement of the pivot for rotation and scaling. In order to simplify this process, ...
Focus+context visualization techniques aim to give users integrated visual access to both details and overview of a data set. This paper gives a systematic account of such visuali...
This paper considers the role of network connectivity in supporting context-sensitive applications. A range of context-sensitive applications are analysed with respect to connectiv...
Keith Cheverst, Nigel Davies, Keith Mitchell, Adri...