"This book explores indoor navigation, tracking and monitoring, context-aware, alert systems, development enhancements, payments, etc. It contains case studies and practical mobile applications that clearly contribute for advances in the field of social inclusion"--

"This book presents the most recent state-of-the-art theories, methods and techniques in various aspects of mobile computing and communications across engineering, business and organizational perspectives. It gives insights on the recent advancements in various aspects of mobile computing and...

The Internet and other technological developments are now playing increasing roles in consumer health and the delivery of health services. This book provides developmental solutions and explanations for cardiovascular diagnostics. Useful to field researchers, academicians, and healthcare...

Ubiquitous commerce (u-commerce) creates a dynamic convergence of the physical and digital, producing Web-based wireless and next-generation technologies in ways that generate new levels of convenience and value for buyers and sellers. This book provides a compendium of definitions and...

This book collects holistic perspectives contributed by leading professionals to explore strategic considerations regarding potential opportunities and issues in mobile commerce. These professionals' discussions and contributions focus on providing a comprehensive understanding surrounding...

This book provides an introduction to topics related to the methodologies developed to support data management in asymmetric communication environments. This book is based on a number of self-contained chapters and provides an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to explore the...

This book presents a vision for the coming years in terms of emerging fourth generation (4G) wireless technology trends and best practices. It explores the resulting challenges and technical opportunities that will arise in creating and delivering 4G networks for the emerging applications and...

This book covers themes such as handheld computing for mobile commerce, handheld computing research and technologies, wireless networks and handheld/mobile security, and handheld images and video. It includes research and development results in the theory, design, implementation, analysis, and...

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"This book provides a general overview about research on ubiquitous and pervasive computing and its applications, discussing the recent progress in this area and pointing out to scholars what they should do (best practices) and should not do (bad practices)"--Provided by publisher.