Modeling and Retrieval of Context Second International Workshop, MRC 2005, Edinburgh, UK, July 31–August 1, 2005, Revised Selected Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roth-Berghofer, Thomas R. (Editor), Schulz, Stefan (Editor), Leake, David B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3946
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Application software.; System theory.; Systems Theory, Control.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.

Computing in context has become a necessity in modern and intelligent IT - plications. With the use of mobile devices and current research on ubiquitous computing, context-awareness has become a major issue. However, context and context-awareness are crucial not only for mobile and ubiquitous comput...

Table of Contents:

• Using Activity Theory to Model Context Awareness
• A Context Model for Personal Knowledge Management Applications
• Situation Modeling and Smart Context Retrieval with Semantic Web Technology and Conflict Resolution
• An Architecture for Developing Context-Aware Systems
• Steps Towards Making Contextualized Decisions: How to Do What You Can, with What You Have, Where You Are
• A Layered Model for User Context Management with Controlled Aging and Imperfection Handling
• Designing the Context Matching Engine for Evaluating and Selecting Context Information Sources
• Identifying the Multiple Contexts of a Situation
• An Engineering Approach to Adaptation and Calibration.