Management in pervasive systems cannot rely on human intervention or centralised
decision-making functions. It must be devolved, based on local decision-making and …

Research in pervasive and autonomic computing focuses on supporting services for
pervasive applications, but often ignores how such applications can be realised through the …

Self-Managed Cells (SMCs) define an infrastructure for building ubiquitous computing
applications. An SMC consists of an autonomous administrative domain based on a policy …

In this paper, key features of biological vs. artificial systems are identified, along with a
synopsis of important consequences of those features. An artificial substrate that contains …

Wireless sensor networks are designed for a very wide, yet specific, purpose. Their
components have processing and power limitations. Due to these limitations, decisions by …

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 …

This paper presents a self-organized architecture for personal networks. Personal Network
(PN) is a user centric enabler for the next generation networks and services, which is …

In the vision of pervasive computing, technology is integrated throughout our environment.
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) provide support for pervasive computing applications …

The current research trends in software engineering are focusing on the development of
new techniques to deal intelligently and efficiently with the design of systems that are able to …

Although useful and increasingly put into regular use, current collaborative working
environments (CWEs) have several limitations and relevant needs for further research. Most …