TY - GEN
T1 - The contextual map - A context model for detecting affinity between contexts
AU - Schmohl, Robert
AU - Baumgarten, Uwe
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Context-awareness represents an important research domain in mobile computing by utilizing information about persons, places and objects anytime and anywhere. The highly dynamic contexts created by this paradigm raise questions how to efficiently determine alikeness and affinity between such contexts. Inspired by mechanisms from location-aware computing, we tackle the issue of contextual proximity by constructing an n-dimensional map-model, which serves as a context model for regular context repositories. This Contextual Map enables us to store non-location contexts in a map-based way. Further, this model enables us to conduct location-based n-dimensional proximity detection on the non-location contexts, hence giving us the possibility to determine contextual proximity. This paper introduces the contextual map model, describing how principles from the location-based service domain can be leveraged on general context-aware computing and how they can be employed to detect affinities between different contexts.
AB - Context-awareness represents an important research domain in mobile computing by utilizing information about persons, places and objects anytime and anywhere. The highly dynamic contexts created by this paradigm raise questions how to efficiently determine alikeness and affinity between such contexts. Inspired by mechanisms from location-aware computing, we tackle the issue of contextual proximity by constructing an n-dimensional map-model, which serves as a context model for regular context repositories. This Contextual Map enables us to store non-location contexts in a map-based way. Further, this model enables us to conduct location-based n-dimensional proximity detection on the non-location contexts, hence giving us the possibility to determine contextual proximity. This paper introduces the contextual map model, describing how principles from the location-based service domain can be leveraged on general context-aware computing and how they can be employed to detect affinities between different contexts.
KW - Context-aware computing
KW - Contextual affinities
KW - Contextual boundaries
KW - Proximity detection
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84885891932
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-01802-2_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-01802-2_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885891932
SN - 3642018017
SN - 9783642018015
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
SP - 171
EP - 184
BT - Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications - Second International Conference, Mobilware 2009, Proceedings
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications, Mobilware 2009
Y2 - 28 April 2009 through 29 April 2009
ER -