Ubiquitous and Pervasive Commerce New Frontiers for Electronic Busin
Ubiquitous and pervasive computing will be the emerging computing paradigm for the next few decades. What differentiates it from previous technologies is the fact that computation and wireless communications capability is embedded into objects, locations
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The Computer Communications and Networks series is a range of textbooks, monographs and handbooks. It sets out to provide students, researchers and non-specialists alike with a sure grounding in current knowledge, together with comprehensible access to the latest developments in computer communications and networking. Emphasis is placed on clear and explanatory styles that support a tutorial approach, so that even the most complex of topics is presented in a lucid and intelligible manner. Also in this series: An Information Security Handbook John M.D. Hunter 1-85233-180-1 Multimedia Internet Broadcasting: Quality, Technology and Interface Andy Sloane and Dave Lawrence (Eds) 1-85233-283-2 Information Assurance: Surviving in the Information Environment Andrew Blyth and Gerald L. Kovacich 1-85233-326-X UMTS: Origins, Architecture and the Standard Pierre Lescuyer (Translation Editor: Frank Bott) 1-85233-676-5 OSS for Telecom Networks Kundan Misra 1-85233-808-3 The Quintessential PIC® Microcontroller 2nd edition Sid Katzen 1-85233-942-X Intelligent Spaces: The Application of Pervasive ICT Alan Steventon and Steve Wright (Eds) 1-84628-002-8
George Roussos (Ed.)
Ubiquitous and Pervasive Commerce New Frontiers for Electronic Business
George Roussos, MSc, PhD, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Series editor Professor A.J. Sammes, BSc, MPhil, PhD, FBCS, CEng CISM Group, Cranfield University, RMCS, Shrivenham, Swindon SN6 8LA, UK
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2005929865 Computer Communications and Networks ISSN 1617-7975 ISBN-10: 1-84628-035-4 e-ISBN 1-84628-000-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-035-1
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Preface
At the core of this book is the interplay between technological and business innovation and social practice. Although the benefit
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