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dc.contributor.authorEl-Sayed, Abdur-Rahman
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-08 18:24:21 (GMT)
dc.date.available2007-01-08 18:24:21 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2007-01-08T18:24:21Z
dc.date.submitted2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/2638
dc.description.abstractRecent technological advancements are enabling the vision of pervasive or ubiquitous computing to become a reality. Service discovery is vital in such a computing paradigm, where a great number of devices and software components collaborate unobtrusively and provide numerous services. Current service-discovery protocols do not make use of contextual information in discovering services, and as a result, fail to provide the most appropriate and relevant services for users. In addition, current protocols rely on keyword-based search techniques and do not consider the semantic description of services. Thus, they suffer from poor precision and recall. To address the need for a discovery architecture that supports the envisioned scenarios of pervasive computing, we propose a context-aware service-discovery protocol that exploits meaningful contextual information, either static or dynamic, to provide users with the most suitable and relevant services. The architecture relies on a shared, ontology-based, semantic representation of services and context to enhance precision and recall, and to enable knowledge sharing, capability-based search, autonomous reasoning, and semantic matchmaking. Furthermore, the architecture facilitates a dynamic service-selection mechanism to filter and rank matching services, based on their dynamic contextual attributes, which further enhances the discovery process and saves users time and effort. Our empirical results indicate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed architecture.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectservice discoveryen
dc.subjectpervasive computingen
dc.subjectUbiquitous computingen
dc.subjectdiscovery protocolen
dc.titleSemantic-Based Context-Aware Service Discovery in Pervasive-Computing Environmentsen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programComputer Scienceen
uws-etd.degree.departmentSchool of Computer Scienceen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Mathematicsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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