TY - BOOK ID - 5445066 TI - Mobile information systems : infrastructure and design for adaptivity and flexibility PY - 2006 SN - 9783540310068 3540310061 3642068170 9786610627059 1280627050 3540310088 PB - Berlin : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Mobile communication systems KW - Mobile computing KW - Radiocommunications mobiles KW - Informatique mobile KW - Mobile communication systems. KW - Mobile computing. KW - Telecommunication. KW - Electrical & Computer Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Telecommunications KW - Information Technology KW - Computer Science (Hardware & Networks) KW - 681.3*C14 KW - 681.3*D22 KW - Parallel architecture KW - Tools and techniques: decision tables; flow charts; modules and interfaces; programmer workbench; software libraries; structured programming; top-down programming; user interfaces (Software engineering) KW - 681.3*D22 Tools and techniques: decision tables; flow charts; modules and interfaces; programmer workbench; software libraries; structured programming; top-down programming; user interfaces (Software engineering) KW - 681.3*C14 Parallel architecture KW - EPUB-LIV-FT LIVINFOR SPRINGER-B KW - Vehicles KW - Vehicular communication systems KW - Communication systems KW - Computer science. KW - Computer communication systems. KW - Special purpose computers. KW - Software engineering. KW - Database management. KW - Computer Science. KW - Computer Communication Networks. KW - Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). KW - Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. KW - Database Management. KW - Software Engineering. KW - Electronic data processing KW - Context-aware computing KW - Portable computers KW - Radio KW - Wireless communication systems KW - Data base management KW - Data services (Database management) KW - Database management services KW - DBMS (Computer science) KW - Generalized data management systems KW - Services, Database management KW - Systems, Database management KW - Systems, Generalized database management KW - Computer software engineering KW - Engineering KW - Special purpose computers KW - Computers KW - Communication systems, Computer KW - Computer communication systems KW - Data networks, Computer KW - ECNs (Electronic communication networks) KW - Electronic communication networks KW - Networks, Computer KW - Teleprocessing networks KW - Data transmission systems KW - Digital communications KW - Electronic systems KW - Information networks KW - Telecommunication KW - Cyberinfrastructure KW - Network computers KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Distributed processing KW - Application software. KW - Application computer programs KW - Application computer software KW - Applications software KW - Apps (Computer software) KW - Computer software UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5445066 AB - Mobile devices allow users to access information resources and services over many different distribution channels – anywhere, anytime, anyhow. Technical and usage characteristics of mobile systems are highly variable with respect to user capabilities and context characteristics, therefore an immense level of flexibility is required. Barbara Pernici - with contributions by the research groups involved in the project - presents here a framework for mobile information systems, focussing on quality of service and adaptability at all architectural levels, ranging from adaptive applications to e-services, middleware, and infrastructural elements, as it was developed in the "Multichannel Adaptive Information Systems (MAIS)" project. The design models, methods, and tools developed in the project allow the realization of adaptive mobile information systems in a variety of different architectures. The book is divided into three parts: core technologies for mobile information systems (e.g., adaptive middleware and flexible e-services), enabling technologies (like data management on small devices or adaptive low-power hardware architectures or wireless networks), and methodological aspects of mobile information systems design (such as service profiling or user interface and e-service design for context-aware applications). It provides researchers in academia and industry with a comprehensive vision on innovative aspects which can be used as a basis for the development of new frameworks and applications. ER -