Smart Environments : Technology, Protocols and Applications

Description:

Live smarter! Discover how intelligent environments are revolutionizing industry, home, and office

Research on smart environments represents some of the most innovative work being done in computer science, electrical engineering, and information systems today. The interdisciplinary scope of the field integrates aspects of machine learning, human-machine interfacing, wireless networking, mobile communications, sensor networks, and pervasive computing. As research efforts devise intelligent environments for use in homes, offices, classrooms, hospitals, and automobiles, far-reaching applications–from design and architecture to health care issues and software engineering–become increasingly evident.

With contributions from leading researchers in a wide array of disciplines, Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols, and Applications presents the state of the art in this emerging field. Important topics covered include:

• Wireless sensor networks
• Pervasive technology
• Middleware
• Home and office networking and appliances
• Prediction algorithms
• Location and estimation techniques
• Automated decision-making
• Privacy and security issues
• Assistive environments for individuals with special needs
• Future trends

Supplementary features include an accompanying Web site and a comprehensive listing of Web sites for smart environment projects. Encompassing both theory and practical implementation, with in-depth discussion of existing applications, Smart Environments is an authoritative resource for practicing engineers and students in the field.

Table of Contents:

Contributors.

Foreword by (Howard E. Shrobe).

Acknowledgements.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION.

1. Overview (D. Cook & S. Das).

PART 2: TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART ENVIRONMENTS.

2. Wireless Sensor Networks (F. Lewis).

3. Power Line Communication Technologies (H. Latchman & A. Mundi).

4. Wireless Communications and Pervasive Technology (M. Conti).

5. Middleware (G. Youngblood).

6. Home Networking and Appliances (D. Marples & S. Moyer).

PART 3: ALGORITHMS AND PROTOCOLS FOR SMART ENVIRONMENTS.

7. Designing for the Human Experience in Smart Environments (G. Abowd & E. Mynatt).

8. Prediction Algorithms foor Smart Environments (D. Cook).

9. Location Estimation (Determination and Prediction) Techniques in Smart Environments (A. Misra & S. Das).

10. Automated Decision Making (M. Huber).

11. Privacy, Security, and Trust Issues in Smart Environments (P. Nixon, et al.).

PART 4: APPLICATIONS.

12. Lessons from an Adaptive Home (M. Mozer).

13. Smart Rooms (A. Chen, et al.).

14. Smart Offices (C. Gal).

15. Perceptual Environments (A. Pentland).

16. Assistive Environments for Individuals with Special Needs (A. Helal, et al.).

PART 5: CONCLUSIONS.

17. Ongoing Challenges and Future Directions (S. Das & D. Cook).

Index. 

描述：
智能環境正在革新工業、家庭和辦公室，讓您生活更智慧！智能環境的研究代表了當今計算機科學、電氣工程和信息系統領域中最具創新性的工作。該領域的跨學科範圍融合了機器學習、人機界面、無線網絡、移動通信、感測器網絡和普遍計算等方面。隨著研究工作為家庭、辦公室、教室、醫院和汽車設計智能環境，從設計和建築到醫療保健問題和軟件工程等廣泛應用變得越來越明顯。

《智能環境：技術、協議和應用》是由領先研究人員在各個學科領域做出的貢獻，展示了這一新興領域的最新技術。重要的主題包括：
- 無線感測器網絡
- 普遍技術
- 中間件
- 家庭和辦公室網絡和設備
- 預測算法
- 定位和估計技術
- 自動化決策
- 隱私和安全問題
- 對特殊需求人群的輔助環境
- 未來趨勢

附加功能包括配套網站和智能環境項目的全面列表。《智能環境》既包含理論又包含實際實施，深入討論了現有應用，是實踐工程師和該領域學生的權威資源。

目錄：
- 貢獻者
- 前言（Howard E. Shrobe）
- 致謝
- 第一部分：介紹
- 第1章：概述（D. Cook & S. Das）
- 第二部分：智能環境的技術
- 第2章：無線感測器網絡（F. Lewis）
- 第3章：電力線通信技術（H. Latchman & A. Mundi）
- 第4章：無線通信和普遍技術（M. Conti）
- 第5章：中間件（G. Youngblood）
- 第6章：家庭網絡和設備（D. Marples & S. Moyer）
- 第三部分：智能環境的算法和協議
- 第7章：設計智能環境中的人體體驗（G. Abowd & E. Mynatt）
- 第8章：智能環境的預測算法（D. Cook）
- 第9章：定位