"This book provides a comprehensive collection of knowledge in cutting-edge research in fields as diverse as distributed computing, human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, embedded systems, and other interdisciplinary areas which all contribute to ambient computing and...

"This book provides an overview of emerging trends in context-aware computing, pervasive and smart environments, as well as research on applications of pervasive technologies in healthcare organizations, work environments, and educational settings"--Provided by publisher.

Recent trends in e-finance have shown that mobile technology is growing and with this comes new opportunities for deploying new services for customers. Development of systems on mobile devices can require a lot more resources in the form of development time. There is a lack of documentation as...

Originally designed for interpersonal communication, today mobile devices are capable of connecting their users to a wide variety of Internet-enabled services and applications. This book explores a variety of perspectives on multimodal user interface design, describes a variety of novel...