International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications: Volume 8 Issue 3

Situation, activity and goal awareness in ubiquitous computing

Liming Chen, Parisa Rashidi

The purpose of this paper is to provide a view on situation, activity and goal awareness (SAGAware) in ubiquitous computing. It discusses these concepts, articulates their roles…

Experiences in managing uncertainty and ignorance in a lightly instrumented smart home

Michele Dominici, Bastien Pietropaoli, Frédéric Weis

The purpose of this paper is to report an inter‐disciplinary experience in building a context‐aware system that provides adapted functionalities to inhabitants of a smart home…

Novel model for inhabitants prediction in smart houses

Rachid Kadouche, Bessam Abdulrazak

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel model for inhabitant prediction in smart houses based on daily life activities. It uses data provided by non intrusive sensors and…

Dynamic similarity‐based activity detection and recognition within smart homes

Xin Hong, Chris D. Nugent, Maurice D. Mulvenna, Suzanne Martin, Steven Devlin, Jonathan G. Wallace

Within smart homes, ambient sensors are used to monitor interactions between users and the home environment. The data produced from the sensors are used as the basis for the…

Rule‐based context‐aware adaptation: a goal‐oriented approach

Hongyuan Wang, Rutvij Mehta, Lawrence Chung, Sam Supakkul, Liguo Huang

In order for a software system to better serve the user, it should be able to adjust its behavior according to the changing needs in the environment. Oftentimes, selecting a…