Spatial awareness in pervasive ecosystems
Abstract
Pervasive systems are intended to make use of services and components that they encounter in their environment. Such systems are naturally spatial in that they can only be understood in terms of the ways in which components meet and interact in space. Rather than treating spatiality separately from system components, researchers are starting to develop computational models in which the entire structure of a pervasive system is modelled and constructed using an explicit spatial model, supporting multi-level spatial reasoning, and adapting autonomously to spatial interactions. In this paper we review current and emerging models of spatial computing for pervasive ecosystems, and highlight some of the trends that will guide future research.
Citation
Dobson , S A , Viroli , M , Fernandez-Marquez , J-L , Zambonelli , F , Stevenson , G T , di Marzo Serugendo , G , Montagna , S , Pianini , D , Ye , J , Castelli , G & Rosi , A 2016 , ' Spatial awareness in pervasive ecosystems ' , The Knowledge Engineering Review , vol. 31 , no. 4 , pp. 343-366 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888916000199
Publication
The Knowledge Engineering Review
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0269-8889Type
Journal article
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© 2016, Cambridge University Press. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.cambridge.org / https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888916000199
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