Autonomic Computing is a concept that brings together many fields of computing with the
purpose of creating computing systems that self-manage. In its early days it was criticised as …

Future e‐Health systems will consist of low‐power on‐body wireless sensors attached to
mobile users that interact with an ubiquitous computing environment to monitor the health …

Body sensor networks consisting of low-power on-body wireless sensors attached to mobile
users will be used in the future to monitor the health and well being of patients in hospitals or …

Body sensor networks eg, for health monitoring, consist of several low-power on-body
wireless sensors, higher-level devices such as PDAs and possibly actuators such as drug …

The paper presents a novel approach to online application of formalized rules for medical
treatment procedures when processing data from personal medical devices. The rules are …

In this paper, we present a novel self-healing engine for autonomic network management. A
light weight Self Management Frame (SMF) performs monitoring and optimization functions …

The proliferation of low-power wireless communications and handheld devices has
facilitated the development of pervasive systems for healthcare applications. This paper …

Care models for chronic condition treatment place point-of-care in the community and at
patient's home and imply an organized care system (" continuous care network"). The …

With the emergence of mobile and ubiquitous computing environments, there is a
requirement to enable collaborative applications between these environments. As many of …

At the beginning of this 21st century, companies are faced with two key challenges with
regard to their IT systems: first, the increasing complexity of IT systems gives rise to …