Pervasive computing (also referred to as ubiquitous computing or ambient intelligence) aims to create environments where computers are invisibly and seamlessly integrated and connected into our everyday environment. Pervasive computing and intelligent multimedia technologies are becoming increasingly important, although many potential applications have not yet been fully realized. These key technologies are creating a multimedia revolution that will have significant impact across a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare, and governmental domains.

This useful volume provides up-to-date and state-of-the-art coverage of the diverse topics related to pervasive computing and intelligent multimedia technologies. The use of different computational intelligence-based approaches to various problems in pervasive computing are examined, including video streaming, intelligent behavior modeling and control for mobile manipulators, tele-gaming, indexing video summaries for quick video browsing, web service processes, virtual environments, ambient intelligence, and prevention and detection of attacks to ubiquitous databases.

Topics and features:

• Includes a comprehensive overview, providing a thorough literature review and an outline of the important research challenges

• Discusses pervasive computing approaches in the context of intelligent multimedia

• Examines virtual reality technology, mobile virtual environments, and the potential use of intelligent multimedia and ubiquitous computing in the hotels of the future

• Describes various approaches in ambient intelligence for home health care for the elderly and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, for volcano monitoring, and for preventing attacks to ubiquitous databases

• Investigates issues in web services and situation awareness inpervasive computing environments

• Explores wireless network applications, such as mobile agents and e-commerce

This textbook/reference is an invaluable resource for researchers, postgraduate and senior undergraduate students, and practitioners involved in pervasive computing, intelligent multimedia, and computational intelligence.

Zusammenfassung
The main objective of pervasive computing systems is to create environments where computers become invisible by being seamlessly integrated and connected into our everyday environment, where such embedded computers can then provide inf- mation and exercise intelligent control when needed, but without being obtrusive. Pervasive computing and intelligent multimedia technologies are becoming incre- ingly important to the modern way of living. However, many of their potential applications have not yet been fully realized. Intelligent multimedia allows dynamic selection, composition and presentation of the most appropriate multimedia content based on user preferences. A variety of applications of pervasive computing and - telligent multimedia are being developed for all walks of personal and business life. Pervasive computing (often synonymously called ubiquitous computing, palpable computing or ambient intelligence) is an emerging ?eld of research that brings in revolutionary paradigms for computing models in the 21st century. Pervasive c- puting is the trend towards increasingly ubiquitous connected computing devices in the environment, a trend being brought about by a convergence of advanced el- tronic and particularly, wireless technologies and the Internet. Recent advances in pervasive computers, networks, telecommunications and information technology, along with the proliferation of multimedia mobile devices such as laptops, iPods, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cellular telephones have further stimulated the development of intelligent pervasive multimedia applications. These key te- nologiesarecreatingamultimediarevolutionthatwillhavesigni?cantimpactacross a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare and governmental domains.

Inhalt
Intelligent Multimedia and Pervasive Systems.- Wireless Adaptive Therapeutic TeleGaming in a Pervasive Computing Environment.- Intelligent Behaviour Modelling and Control for Mobile Manipulators.- Resource-Aware Fuzzy Logic Control of Video Streaming over IP and Wireless Networks.- Indexing Video Summaries for Quick Video Browsing.- Sensorized Garment Augmented 3D Pervasive Virtual Reality System.- Creating Innovative Solutions for Future Hotel Rooms with Intelligent Multimedia and Pervasive Computing.- Mobile Virtual Environments in Pervasive Computing.- Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing.- AI Techniques in a Context-Aware Ubiquitous Environment.- A Distributed Ambient Intelligence Based Multi-Agent System for Alzheimer Health Care.- Volcano Monitoring: A Case Study in Pervasive Computing.- SiC: An Agent Based Architecture for Preventing and Detecting Attacks to Ubiquitous Databases.- HoCaMA: Home Care Hybrid Multiagent Architecture.- Web Service and Situation Awareness in Pervasive Computing.- Semantic Annotation for Web Service Processes in Pervasive Computing.- Situation-Aware Adaptive Processing (SAAP) of Data Streams.- Pervasive Networks and E-commerce.- A Scalable P2P Video Streaming Framework.- QoE in Pervasive Telecommunication Systems.- Agents Based e-Commerce and Securing Exchanged Information.- Neighbor Selection in Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks: A Swarm Intelligence Approach.- Analysis of Pervasive Mobile Ad Hoc Routing Protocols.