A framework for smart workflow services in agricultural environments

To improve work efficiency and productivity in agricultural environment, which may naturally be protean, unpredictable and laborious, many researchers have made attempts to apply information technology in the field of conventional agriculture. Especially, they have great concern toward a reasonable and reliable service control model or architecture to control agricultural works automatically and smartly. This article proposes a framework to support context-aware or smart services in agricultural environments, based on a context-aware workflow model and USN/RFID. The suggested framework is focused on supporting autonomous agricultural services in the fields of growth control, protection against disease and insects, and the output control of the agricultural computing environment using a workflow model which is one of the successful service automation models, using contexts from various sensors in agricultural fields. The proposed framework, based on a context-aware workflow, can be greatly helpful in the development of smart applications or work automation in the field of agriculture.     

Design of context-aware middleware for mobile healthcare services

We design and develop a context-aware middleware for various mobile healthcare services, specifically those for preventive medicine. The middleware provides medical status information in a context form and then links such information with medical records. Information is collected by the middleware through the recognition of diverse environmental data that affect patients’ health. Information-to-information-related values are obtained as a measure for effectively categorizing and managing medical-related context information. High-frequency context values are determined using the Bayesian probability formula to manage frequently occurring risk situations. The middleware also allows for real-time analysis of information, as well as the calculation of risk frequency via a real-time sensor and recognition of radio frequency identification tag information. It is designed to transmit calculated and preventive care-related information to mobile devices. Using the unique target application program of the ubiquitous healthcare system, the general environment and preventive medicine environment are set as the primary paradigms for generating and managing practical medical context information. This research presents methods for providing automated preventive medical services under a ubiquitous healthcare system. The proposed middleware is expected to present new interactive concepts for preventive medicine-related environments, consequently satisfying the demands of user-oriented ubiquitous healthcare.     

智能空间的情景感知冲突研究

情景感知是智能空间中的关键技术,是用户在智能空间中获得服务的依据。由于智能空间中提供服务的资源是有限的,多个用户在同一时间内争夺资源服务时,就造成了情景冲突。根据模糊集和系统学,建立了情景冲突的数学模型,并将解决情景冲突问题可转化为一个多元函数求条件极值的问题。实例分析表明,这个方法能简明地描述情景冲突问题,并能有效协调解决情景冲突。这方法具有较好的描述情景冲突能力,适合于在计算机实现。     

A Hybrid Modular Context-aware Services Adaptation for a Smart Living Room

Smart spaces have attracted considerable amount of interest over the past few years. The introduction of sensor networks, powerful electronics and communication infrastructures have helped a lot in the realization of smart homes. The main objective of smart homes is the automation of tasks that might be complex or tedious for inhabitants by distracting them from concentrating on setting and configuring home appliances. Such automation could improve comfort, energy savings, security, and tremendous benefits for elderly persons living alone or persons with disabilities. Context awareness is a key enabling feature for development of smart homes. It allows the automation task to be done proactively according to the inhabitant’s current context and in an unobtrusive and seamlessly manner. Although there are several works conducted for the development of smart homes with various technologies, in most cases, robust. However, the context-awareness aspect of services adaptation was not based on clear steps for context elements extraction (resp. clear definition of context). In this paper, we use the divide and conquer approach to master the complexity of automation task by proposing a hybrid modular system for context-aware services adaptation in a smart living room. We propose to use for the context-aware adaptation three techniques of machine learning, namely Naïve Bayes, fuzzy logic and case-based reasoning techniques according to their convenience.     

Future Perspectives of the Unified Global Infrastructure

A novel approach towards the realisation of future communication systems is presented, highlighting some key research-areas, whose proper development will contribute to the development of the envisaged trends. The concept of a unified global infrastructure is the core of this vision approach. Key-elements that need to be analysed are identified together with the approach required for their effective investigation. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

情景感知的物流Web服务动态优化组合研究

第四方物流服务通过大规模的资源整合,可以将领域内优秀的物流服务组合起来,为用户提供技术、仓储、运输服务等最佳结合的物流服务方案,实现物流服务的低成本、高效率、实时运作.然而,如何高效、动态地构建满足用户服务质量需求的可靠物流服务组合,是第四方物流服务商亟需解决的关键问题.针对这一问题,提出了一种情景感知的物流Web服务动态组合方法,该方法首先基于改进的遗传算法,将用户提出的全局QoS约束分解成局部QoS约束,从而将QoS感知的物流Web服务组合这一全局优化问题转化成局部最优服务选择问题;然后,在物流服务流程执行的过程中,依据当前关键的情景信息,选出可用并且能够满足局部QoS约束的最优物流服务;最后,通过实验验证了所设计方法的可行性和有效性.     

下一代网络终端管理系统体系结构及流程实现

为了实现下一代网络中大量异构终端网络和设备的远程集中监控和自助管理,满足用户终端网络与公众通信网络共同管理模式下的终端管理需求,提出下一代网络终端管理系统体系结构,详细分析了体系结构中的构成组件和相关功能. 该体系架构支持终端网络和设备的运行状态监控和业务保障,基于上下文管理和策略管理技术实现用户在异构终端环境下的自由通信,支持用户进行终端网络和设备的远程管理,并与公众通信网络运营支撑系统协作,实现用户终端网络和公众通信网络的统一管理. 通过业务使用和业务无缝接续场景说明了该终端管理系统的业务流程实现.     

基于推理的上下文感知RBAC模型设计和实现

为了解决现有基于角色的访问控制（RBAC）模型缺乏对上下文约束条件的动态调整和生成,无法根据调整后的感知条件对用户权限实时进行调节的问题,在融合上下文感知RBAC模型和基于推理的RBAC模型基础上,提出了基于推理的上下文感知RBAC扩展模型.该扩展模型采用逻辑推理方法实现了上下文约束条件的动态调整,启用相应的公共感知器和自定义感知器感知约束条件的属性值;利用感知获得的动态上下文值进行角色和权限规则的推理,实现了访问主体对客体控制权限的实时更新.应用实例表明,该模型能提高分布式环境中用户动态访问控制的灵活性,并降低实时访问控制管理的复杂度．     

移动群体感知技术研究

移动互联网的不断成熟以及搭载各种传感器的智能终端的广泛应用和普及催生了全新的研究领域,即移动群体感知技术领域。移动群体感知是以人为中心的感知,人在感知过程中扮演着重要的角色,发挥着重要的作用。移动群体感知概念自提出以来,受到了学术界和工业界的广泛关注,移动群体感知技术广泛应用于交通、医疗健康等各个领域以及人们日常生活中的各个方面。首先从移动群体感知概念、感知模式、感知规模及其特性的角度阐述了移动群体感知的内涵;在此基础上,对群体感知技术的应用进行了分类,并且对现有典型的移动群体感知研究项目进行了分析、总结和比较;进而描述了移动群体感知技术向规模化、系统化发展的趋势及面向服务的"端+云"的移动群体感知体系架构;最后重点阐述了移动群体感知在大规模环境下所面临的全新挑战及应对策略。     

一种环境感知的仿真服务调度模型

针对传统分布式仿真框架HLA/RTI中动态调度负载平衡较差、执行可靠性较低的问题,提出一种基于环境感知的仿真服务调度模型C3SM。C3SM模型包含总体结构、调度策略和服务部署。总体结构规定各个模块的功能与交互接口,调度策略采用改进的蚁群算法进行仿真服务的动态调度,服务部署采用重叠覆盖部署策略以保证较好的服务可用性和较低的资源消耗。仿真实验结果表明,与传统分布式仿真框架HLA/RTI相比,C3SM模型通过实时获取执行环境的上下文信息,能够获得较优的负载平衡度,且重叠覆盖的仿真服务部署策略使得仿真运行系统的可靠性明显提高。