Sensing and Systems in Pervasive Computing Engineering Context A
Pervasive Computing is an important area in current computer science research and industrial development. It relates to smart phones, sensors and other computing devices which, by being sensitive to the user, are disappearing into the background of life.
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Dan Chalmers
Sensing and Systems in Pervasive Computing Engineering Context Aware Systems
Dan Chalmers University of Sussex Brighton United Kingdom [email protected]
Series editor Ian Mackie Advisory board Samson Abramsky, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Chris Hankin, Imperial College London, London, UK Dexter Kozen, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Andrew Pitts, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Hanne Riis Nielson, Technical University of Denmark, Lungby, Denmark Steven Skiena, Stony Brook University, Stony Brooks, USA Iain Stewart, University of Durham, Durham, UK Karen Breitman, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ISSN 1863-7310 ISBN 978-0-85729-840-9 e-ISBN 978-0-85729-841-6 DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-841-6 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2011934743 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Audience This book is designed to accompany a final year undergraduate or masters level course in pervasive computing, although it could serve well as a course for introducing sensors or experiment design to students in earlier years at university with some skimming over the research focus; or equally as a getting-started guide fo
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