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Perceptual Components for Context Aware Computing

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In this paper we propose a software architecture for observing and modeling human activity. This architecture is derived from an ontology for context awareness. We propose a model in which a user’s context is described by a set of roles and relations. Different configurations of roles and relations correspond to situations within the context. The components of a context model are used to specify processes for observing activity. The ontology for context modeling is derived from both a bottom up system’s perspective and a top-down users’ perspective. As we define each element, we describe the corresponding components of a process-based software architecture. Using these components, a context is translated into a federation of observational processes. This model leads to an architecture in which reflexive elements are dynamically composed to form federations of processes for observing and predicting the situations that make up a context.

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  1. Laboratoire GRAVIR, INRIA Rhône Alpes, 655 Ave de l’Europe, F-38330, Montbonnot, France

    James L. Crowley & Patrick Reignier

  2. CLIPS-IMAG, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, F-38051, St. Martin D’hères, France

    Joëlle Coutaz & Gaeten Rey

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Gaetano Borriello

  2. Intel Research Seattle, 98105, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Gaetano Borriello

  3. Future Applications Lab, Viktoria Institute, Box 620, 40530, Göteborg, Sweden

    Lars Erik Holmquist

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Crowley, J.L., Coutaz, J., Rey, G., Reignier, P. (2002). Perceptual Components for Context Aware Computing. In: Borriello, G., Holmquist, L.E. (eds) UbiComp 2002: Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2498. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45809-3_9

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