PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- CONTENTS -- SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- PREFACE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1. TOWARD PERVASIVENESS: Four Eras of Information Systems Development -- INTRODUCTION -- INFORMATION SYSTEMS EVOLUTION -- TOWARD PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- DEFINING PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- NOVEL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART I. FEATURES AND DESIGN OF PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 2. THE DESIGN CHALLENGE OF PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER -- THE SERVICES LAYER -- THE SOCIAL LAYER -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR MIDDLEWARE FOR PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION -- MIDDLEWARE FOR PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- MOBILE COMPUTING -- CHALLENGES IN BUILDING PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- NOTE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. A SOFTWARE FACTORY FOR PERVASIVE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- A SOFTWARE FACTORY FOR PERVASIVE SYSTEMS -- 3. PERVASIVE MODELING LANGUAGE (PERVML): A DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR PERVASIVE SYSTEMS -- A PRODUCT LINE FOR PERVASIVE SYSTEMS -- GRAPH GRAMMARS + TEMPLATES: THE TRANSFORMATION ENGINES -- IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS -- RELATED WORK -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART II. APPLICATIONS OF PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 5. DOMESTIC PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS: End-user Programming of Digital Homes -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL HOME -- PROGRAMMING THE HOME OF THE FUTURE -- TASK-BASED COMPUTING -- PERVASIVE INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING -- AGENT SERVICES -- EVALUATION -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 6. CORPORATE PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- INTELLIGENT SENSOR NETWORKS -- SCALABLE INTELLIGENCE -- EXPERIENCE TECHNOLOGIES -- CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS -- SUPPLY, PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION -- WORK AND WORKFORCE -- RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. WEARABLE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES -- INTRODUCTION -- WEARABLE ARCHITECTURES -- WEARABLE APPLICATIONS -- CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. PERVASIVE ELECTRONIC SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE -- INTRODUCTION -- ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IN PERVASIVE HEALTH CARE -- PERVASIVE HEALTH CARE APPLICATIONS INCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS -- PERVASIVE HEALTH CARE IN NONHOSPITAL SETTINGS:HOME CARE APPLICATIONS -- A PERVASIVE SYSTEM FOR PATIENT TELEMONITORING -- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART III. PROPERTIES OF PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEIR EVALUATION -- CHAPTER 9. AESTHETIC CONCERNS IN PERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CALL FOR AN AESTHETICS OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES -- PROSPECTS FOR AN AESTHETICS OF INTERACTION DESIGN -- DEVELOPING INTERACTION AESTHETICS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. A FRAMEWORK FOR THE EVALUATION OFPERVASIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PERVASIVE COMPUTING'S NEED FOR NEW EVALUATIONS -- RELATED WORK -- A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR USER EVALUATIONS OFPERVASIVE COMPUTING -- SELECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF EA METRICS -- EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES -- A CASE STUDY -- FUTURE WORK -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS -- SERIES EDITOR -- INDEX.