Multimedia services in intelligent environments : software development challenges and solutions /

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Imprint:Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, c2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 186 p.) : col. ports.
Language:English
Series:Smart innovation, systems and technologies ; 2
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ; 2.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8895433
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Other authors / contributors:Tsihrintzis, George A.
Virvou, Maria.
Jain, L. C.
ISBN:9783642133558
364213355X
9786612982231
6612982233
9783642133541
3642133541
Notes:Includes author index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Print version: Multimedia services in intelligent environments. Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, c2010 9783642133541
Table of Contents:
  • Cover13;
  • Title
  • Foreword
  • Editors
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Advances in Multimedia Services in Intelligent Environments 8211; Software Development Challenges and Solutions
  • Introduction
  • Conclusions
  • References and Further Reading
  • Chapter 2 Evaluating the Generality of a Life-Cycle Framework for Incorporating Clustering Algorithms in Adaptive Systems
  • Introduction
  • The Software Life Cycle
  • Inception
  • Defining Requirements for the Prototype System and Analysis and Design of the Prototype Adaptive Recommender System
  • Building and Evaluating the Prototype Adaptive Recommender System
  • Elaboration
  • Computing the Resemblance Coefficients for the Data Set and Developing the Clustering Algorithm
  • Execute the Clustering Method for the Prototype and Evaluating the Results of the Clustering Algorithm used in the Prototype
  • Construction
  • The Most Efficient Algorithm and Designing Stereotypes Based on This Algorithm
  • Building the User Modeling Component Based on the Stereotypes and Incorporating Them into the System
  • Transition-Dynamically Improving System Performance while Used by Real Users
  • Conclusion about the Life Cycle Process
  • References
  • Chapter 3 A Distributed Multimedia Data Management over the Grid
  • Introduction
  • Related Work
  • Overall Framework
  • Replicated Multidimensional Index Structure
  • Distributed Query Processing
  • Automatic Load Balancing
  • Empirical Study
  • Conclusion and Future Works
  • References
  • Chapter 4 A View of Monitoring and Tracing Techniques and Their Application to Service-Based Environments
  • Introduction
  • Execution Monitoring and Tracing
  • Categories of Execution Monitoring
  • What Can Be Traced?
  • Monitoring Techniques
  • Comparison
  • Monitoring Challenges for Multimedia Services
  • Behavioral Change
  • Information Access
  • Timing
  • Synchronization of Event Traces
  • Distributed Monitoring
  • Trace Transmission
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5 An Ontological SW Architecture SupportingContribution and Retrieval of Service and Process Models
  • Introduction
  • An Application in the Healthcare Domain
  • Ontological SW Architecture
  • Three Tier with Ontologies
  • Encoding Procedures through Ontologies
  • Enabling Direct Contribution through Ontologies
  • Enabling Semantic Queries
  • Enabling Adapted Presentation through Ontologies
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Model-Driven Quality Engineering of Service-Based Systems
  • Introduction
  • Related Work
  • QoS-Enabled WSDL (Q-WSDL)
  • QoS Characteristics of Web Services
  • Q-WSDL Metamodel
  • Composite Web Services
  • QoS Prediction of Composite Web Services
  • Model-Driven Reliability Prediction
  • Example Application
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Application of Logic Models for Pervasive Computing Environments and Context-Aware Services Support
  • Introduction
  • Contextual Models Requirements for Pervasive Computing
  • The LogiPerSe First Order Logic Model
  • Partial Validation and Ambiguity
  • Scalability
  • Composability
  • Pervasive Service Scenario
  • Logic-Based System Architecture
  • Logic Model 8211; Object-Oriented Model
  • Ontology Integration
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Intelligent Host Discovery from Malicious Software
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