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Context-aware Mobile Collaborative Systems: conceptual modeling and case study
Edgard Benítez-Guerrero1, Carmen Mezura-Godoy, Luis G Montané-Jiménez
1Facultad de Estadística e Informática, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91020, Mexico. edbenitez@uv.mx
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 4, 2012
Summary
This study introduces a Context-Aware Mobile Collaborative System (CAMCOS) model to enhance team cooperation. The CAMCOS model integrates user context into mobile collaboration for improved activity execution.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Software Engineering
Background:
- Mobile Collaborative Systems (MCOS) facilitate teamwork using integrated mobile and fixed technologies.
- Enhancing MCOS effectiveness requires considering the group's contextual information during activity execution.
Purpose of the Study:
- Propose a novel model for Context-Aware Mobile Collaborative Systems (CAMCOS).
- Present a functional architecture based on the proposed CAMCOS model.
- Validate the CAMCOS model and architecture through a prototype implementation.
Main Methods:
- Development of a novel Context-Aware Mobile Collaborative Systems (CAMCOS) model.
- Design of a functional architecture supporting the CAMCOS model.
- Implementation of a prototype system within the tourism domain for evaluation.
Main Results:
- The developed CAMCOS model and architecture provide a framework for context-aware mobile collaboration.
- Prototype evaluation in the tourism domain demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed system.
- Integration of context awareness significantly enhances the cooperative capabilities of mobile systems.
Conclusions:
- The proposed CAMCOS model and architecture offer a significant advancement in mobile collaboration.
- Context-aware mobile systems have the potential to improve team efficiency and goal achievement.
- The tourism domain serves as a viable application area for validating context-aware collaborative systems.
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