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A Methodology for Assessing the Level of U-Transformation of Ubiquitous Services

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Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS 2006)

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As the ubiquitous computing technology (uT) is prevailing, applying uT is more likely to transform the legacy way of providing services to a new service everywhere, every time, with any devices to gain more comparative advantages than the other typical services. This opportunity naturally requires a methodology to assess to what extent the legacy e-services are transformed to the uT-based services. However, research about assessing the level of u-Transformation has been still very few. Hence, this paper aims to propose a methodology for assessing the level of u-Transformation oriented by the teleology of ubiquitous services. A case study, GPS-based navigation services, is performed to show the feasibility of the methodology addressed in this paper.

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  1. School of International Management, Kyunghee University, Sochen-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446701, Korea

    Ohbyung Kwon & Jihoon Kim

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  1. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

    Hee Yong Youn

  2. Graduate School of Information and Communication Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

    Minkoo Kim

  3. The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, 113-8656, Tokyo, Japan

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Kwon, O., Kim, J. (2006). A Methodology for Assessing the Level of U-Transformation of Ubiquitous Services. In: Youn, H.Y., Kim, M., Morikawa, H. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing Systems. UCS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4239. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11890348_3

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