Crowd-Powered Mobile Computing and Smart Things

by Seng W. Loke

Overview

This SpringerBrief provides a synergistic overview of technology trends by emphasizing five linked perspectives: crowd+cloud machines, extreme cooperation with smart things, scalable context-awareness, drone services for mobile crowds and social links in mobile crowds. The authors also highlight issues and challenges at the intersection of these trends.

Topics covered include cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile and wearable computing, crowd computing, the culture of thing sharing, collective computing, and swarm dynamics. The brief is a useful resource and a starting point for researchers, students or anyone interested in the contemporary computing landscape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319544359
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	02/28/2017
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	65
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Ubiquitous Connections: the Internet of People and Things.- Crowd+Cloud Machines.- Extreme Cooperation with Smart Things.- Scalable Context-Awareness.- Drone Services for Mobile Crowds.- Social Links for Crowds and Things.- Conclusion and Future Work.