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Challenges for context management systems imposed by context inference

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Korbinian Frank,

Nikos Kalatzis,

Ioanna Roussaki,

Nicolas LiampotisAuthors Info & Claims

MUCS '09: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Managing ubiquitous communications and services

Pages 27 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/1555321.1555329

Published: 15 June 2009 Publication History

Abstract

This work gives an overview over the challenges for context management systems in Ubiquitous Computing frameworks or Personal Smart Spaces. Focused on the integration of context inference in today's context management systems (CMSs) we address important design decisions for future frameworks. The inference system we have in mind is probabilistic and relies on the concept of Bayeslets, special inference rules extending Bayesian networks. We show that for inference rule creation, storage, inference scheduling and update frequency the best solutions are hybrid, allowing for high flexibility and performance while reducing resource costs. We also see that human expert knowledge cannot be substituted completely in an efficient context-aware system.

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Challenges for context management systems imposed by context inference
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
    1. Design

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MUCS '09: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Managing ubiquitous communications and services

June 2009

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ISBN:9781605585796

DOI:10.1145/1555321

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Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
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