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[...]... for Smart Environments 175 Diane J Cook 9 Location Estimation (Determination and Prediction) Techniques in Smart Environments 193 Archan Misra and Sajal K Das 10 Automated Decision Making 229 Manfred Huber 11 Security, Privacy and Trust Issues in Smart Environments 249 P.A Nixon, W Wagealla, C English, and S Terzis PART 4 APPLICATIONS 12 Lessons from an Adaptive Home 271 273 Michael C Mozer 13 Smart. .. create smart environments has existed for decades, and recent advances in such areas as pervasive computing, machine learning, and wireless and sensor networking now allow this dream to become a reality In this book we introduce the necessary technologies, architectures, algorithms, and protocols to build a smart environment and describe a variety of existing smart environment applications A smart environment... expectations of such environments have evolved with the history of the field 1.1 1.1.1 FEATURES OF SMART ENVIRONMENTS Remote Control of Devices The most basic feature of smart environments is the ability to control devices remotely or automatically Powerline control systems have been available for decades, Smart Environments: Technologies, Protocols, and Applications, edited by D.J Cook and S.K Das ISBN... and wireless standards Performance comparison, coexistence capability, and interoperability of the above Figure 1.3 Networked devices in smart environments 1.3 OVERVIEW OF BOOK 9 technologies have been preceded in the academic and industry research realms while implementing prototypes of smart environments using the above standards 1.2 SMART ENVIRONMENTS PROJECTS Although the dream of creating a smart. .. technology and standards that support smart environments The second part concludes with a chapter on the promise and the challenges of home networking and appliances The third part of this book, consisting of five chapters, is devoted to the architectures, algorithms, and protocols for smart environments The first chapter in this part explores the design and evaluation of the human’s physical experience in smart. .. sensor networks and smart sensors, Smart Environments: Technologies, Protocols, and Applications, edited by D.J Cook and S.K Das ISBN 0-471-54448-5 # 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Inc 13 14 WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Figure 2.1 Wireless sensor networks physical transduction principles, commercially available wireless sensor systems, self-organization, signal processing and decision making, and, finally, some... circulation, and the number of consumers purchasing X10 and related products is steadily increasing Reflecting the increased interest in smart environments, research labs in academia and industry are picking up the theme and creating environments with their own individual spin and market appeal The Georgia Tech Aware Home, the Adaptive House at the University of Colorado at Boulder, INRIA, and the MavHome smart. .. the state of the environment and the inhabitants, and retrieving information from outside sources over the Internet or wireless communication infrastructure to respond better to current state and needs 1.1 FEATURES OF SMART ENVIRONMENTS Figure 1.2 5 Device control in smart environments Such connected environments have become the focus of many industrydeveloped smart homes and offices With these capabilities,... privacy and security issues raised by smart environments In the fourth part, consisting of five chapters, we highlight representative smart environment projects These projects span a variety of applications The first application looks at a successful smart home project, the second describes the design of smart rooms, the third provides an overview of a smart office project, and the fourth applies smart. .. generously of their time and encouragement Please visit our web site at http://www.cse.uta.edu/~cook/se/ xvii &PART 1 INTRODUCTION &CHAPTER 1 Overview DIANE J COOK and SAJAL K DAS Department of Computer Science and Engineering The University of Texas at Arlington This book is about technologies and standards for smart environments Smart environments link computers to everyday settings and commonplace tasks . Hagit Attiya and Jennifer Welch Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols, and Applications / Diane J. Cook and Sajal K. Das (Editors) SMART ENVIRONMENTS TECHNOLOGIES, PROTOCOLS, AND APPLICATIONS Diane. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" SMART ENVIRONMENTS TECHNOLOGIES, PROTOCOLS, AND APPLICATIONS Diane J. Cook and Sajal K. Das SMART ENVIRONMENTS WILEY SERIES ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SERIES. Communications and Pervasive Technology 63 Marco Conti 5. Middleware 101 G. Michael Youngblood 6. Home Networking and Appliances 129 Dave Marples and Stan Moyer PART 3. ALGORITHMS AND PROTOCOLS FOR SMART ENVIRONMENTS