Ambient Intelligence, Wireless Networking, and Ubiquitous Computing

Name: Ambient Intelligence, Wireless Networking, and Ubiquitous Computing
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Athanasios Vasilakos(Author)

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Published on 1. January 2006

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Ambient Intelligence, Wireless Networking, and Ubiquitous Computing
Contents vii
Preface xvii
Chapter 1 Ambient Intelligence: Visions and Technologies 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Basic Functions and Devices of Ambient Intelligence 3
1.3 The Processing Perspective 6
1.4 The Communication Perspective 8
1.5 The Software Perspective 8
1.6 Computational Intelligence as a Conceptual and Computing Environment of AmI 10
1.7 Conclusions 11
References 11
Chapter 2 Ambient Intelligence and Fuzzy Adaptive Embedded Agents 13
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Agents Meet AmI 14
2.3 Transparent Fuzzy Control 17
2.4 FML Environment Description 19
2.5 FML Agent Distribution 23
2.6 Adaptivity 26
2.7 Conclusions 32
References 33
Chapter 3 Ambient Intelligence: The MyCampus Experience
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Prior Work 37
3.4 A Semantic e-Wallet 40
3.5 Capturing User Preferences 46
3.6 Instantiating the MyCampus Infrastructure 49
3.7 Empirical Evaluation 54
3.8 Conclusions 57
3.9 Additional Sources of Information 58
3.10 Acknowledgments 58
References 58
Chapter 4 Physical Browsing 61
4.1 Introduction 61
4.2 Related Work 62
4.3 Physical Browsing Terms and Definitions 66
4.4 Physical Selection Methods 67
4.5 Physical Browsing and Context-Awareness 70
4.6 Visualizing Physical Hyperlinks 72
4.7 Implementing Physical Browsing 73
4.8 Demonstration Applications 75
4.9 Conclusion 79
4.10 Acknowledgments 80
References 80
Chapter 5 Ambient Interfaces for Distributed Workgroups: Design Challenges and Recommendations 83
5.1 Introduction 83
5.2 Ambient Displays and Ambient Interfaces 84
5.3 Ambient Interfaces in TOWER 86
5.4 User Involvement 94
5.5 Recommendations for the Design of Ambient Interfaces 96
5.6 Conclusions 100
5.7 Acknowledgments 100
References 100
Chapter 6 Expanding the Role of Wearable Computing in Business Transformation and Living
6.1 Introduction 103
6.2 Wearable Computers-History and Present Status 104
6.3 Wearable Computing Applications 110
6.4 Factors Limiting the Impact of Wearable Computers 112
6.5 Factors Providing Positive Feedback Loop 115
6.6 Middleware Components for Accelerating Transformation 117
6.7 Conclusions 122
References 122
Chapter 7 Grids for Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence 127
7.1 Introduction 127
7.2 Grid Computing 129
7.3 Towards Future Grids 133
7.4 Grids for Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence 137
7.5 Conclusion 140
7.6 Acknowledgments 140
References 141
Chapter 8 Peer-to-Peer Networks-Promises and Challenges 143
8.1 Introduction 143
8.2 Taxonomy of P2P Systems 145
8.3 P2P-The Promises 146
8.4 P2P-The Challenges 148
8.5 Unstructured P2P Systems 151
8.6 Structured P2P Systems 157
8.7 Conclusions 162
References 163
Chapter 9 Comparative Analysis of Routing Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks 167
9.1 Introduction 167
9.2 Communication Architecture 170
9.3 Design Factors 172
9.4 Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks 173
9.5 IP Mobility Management in Wireless Sensor Networks 185
9.6 Conclusions 188
References 189
Chapter 10 Pose Awareness for Augmented Reality and Mobile Devices 193
10.1 Introduction 193
10.2 Notation 197
10.3 Fusion Framework 197
10.4 Kalman Filters 201
10.5 Camera Positioning 212
10.6 Determining the Pose from a Marker's Feature Points 220
10.7 First Experiment 223
10.8 Calibration 224
10.9 Measurements 225
10.10 Conclusions 233
10.11 Conclusions 235
References 235
Chapter 11 Dynamic Synthesis of Natural Human-Machine Interfaces in Ambient Intelligence Environments 237
11.1 Introduction 237
11.2 A Task Architectural Model for Ambient Intelligence 239
11.3 A Human-Machine Interface Functional Architecture for Ambient Intelligence 245
11.4 Synthesizing Natural Human-Machine Interfaces 251
11.5 Current Achievements and Future Perspectives 256
11.6 Conclusions 260
References 260
Chapter 12 Emotional Interfaces with Ambient Intelligence 263
12.1 Introduction 263
12.2 Background 264
12.3 Materials and Methods 269
12.4 The Data 269
12.5 The General Architecture 271
12.6 A Simulated Experiment 273
12.7 Current and Future Work 278
12.8 Conclusions 283
References 284
Chapter 13 A Sense of Context in Ubiquitous Computing 287
13.1 Introduction 287
13.2 Ubiquitous Computing: A Paradigm for the 21st Century 287
13.3 The Question of Context 289
13.4 Reflections on Context in Mobile Computing 290
13.5 Wireless Advertising 292
13.6 Ambient Sensors: Foundations of a Smart Environment 269
13.7 Conclusions 300
References 300
Chapter 14 Ad Hoc On-Demand Fuzzy Routing for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 303
14.1 Introduction 303
14.2 Problem Statement 304
14.3 Brief Background of Fuzzy Logic 307
14.4 Cost Function for MANET Multiobjective Routing 308
14.5 Ad Hoc On-Demand Fuzzy Routing (AOFR) 312
14.6 Simulation Parameters 317
14.7 Performance Evaluation 320
14.8 Discussion 324
14.9 Conclusions 325
References 326
Chapter 15 Authentication and Security Protocols for Ubiquitous Wireless Networks 329
15.1 Introduction 329
15.2 System Architecture and Design Issues 330
15.3 Authentication Architecture for Interworking 3G/WLAN 332
15.4 Authentication in Wireless Security Protocols 336
15.5 Comparison Study of Wireless Security Protocols 339
15.6 Conclusions 341
References 343
Chapter 16 Learning in the AmI: from Web-Based Education to Ubiquitous Learning Experiences 345
16.1 Introduction 345
16.2 The Present Paradigm in Learning Technologies 346
16.3 The Emerging Paradigm: Mobile Learning 347
16.4 The Future Paradigm: Learning in the AmI 350
16.5 Enabling Technologies, Models, and Standards 351
16.6 Conclusions 356
References 357
Chapter 17 Meetings and Meeting Support in Ambient Intelligence 359
17.1 Introduction 359
17.2 What Are Meetings? 361
17.3 Technology: Mediation and Support 364
17.4 Projects on Meetings 371
17.5 Conclusions 374
Acknowledgments 374
References 374
Chapter 18 Handling Uncertain Context Information in Pervasive Computing Environments 379
18.1 Extending Ontologies of Context with Fuzzy Logic 380
18.2 The Fuzzy Ontology 381
18.3 The Fuzzy Inference of Context 384
18.4 Prototype Implementation: The Event-Notification Service 396
18.5 Conclusions 399
References 400
Chapter 9 Anomaly Detection in Web Documents Using Computationally Intelligent Methods of Fuzzy-Based Clustering 401
19.1 Introduction 401
19.2 The Problem 403
19.3 Cosine-Based Algorithms 404
19.4 Fuzzy-based Global Clustering 407
19.5 Application: Terrorist Detection System 411
19.6 Conclusions 413
Acknowledgments 414
References 414
Chapter 20 Intelligent Automatic Exploration of Virtual Worlds 417
20.1 Introduction 417
20.2 Why Explore Virtual Worlds? 418
20.3 Simple Virtual World Understanding 419
20.4 What is Visual Complexity of a Scene? 422
20.5 How to Compute Visual Complexity 424
20.6 Virtual World Exploration 427
20.7 Future Issues 431
20.8 Conclusions 433
References 435
Index 437

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