Recent years have witnessed the fast proliferation of mobile devices (eg, smartphones and
wearable devices) in people's lives. In addition, these devices possess powerful …

The capacity to gather and timely deliver to the service level any relevant information that
can characterize the service-provisioning environment, such as computing …

The collaborative Internet of Things (C-IoT) is an emerging paradigm that involves many
communities with the idea of cooperating in data gathering and service sharing. Many fields …

Context-awareness is an essential component of systems developed in areas like Intelligent
Environments, Pervasive & Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence. In these …

Context-aware Web services are emerging as a promising technology for the electronic
businesses in mobile and pervasive environments. Unfortunately, complex context-aware …

Portable devices are increasingly employed in a wide range of mobile guidance
applications. Typical examples are guides in urban areas, museum guides, and exhibition …

Purpose–This survey aims to study and analyze current techniques and methods for context‐
aware web service systems, to discuss future trends and propose further steps on making …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm aimed at connecting everyday objects to
the internet. IoT applications include smart cities, healthcare, agriculture, as well as the …

High quality context information plays a vital role in adapting a system to the rapidly
changing situations. However, the diversity of the sources of context information and the …

Context-aware computing enriches the capabilities of intelligent devices complemented with
smart applications and helps establish smart ecosystems in fields such as Ambient …