Pervasive computing environments based on the ubiquitous communications paradigm have attracted significant research interest and have found increased applicability in commercial settings, attributed to the fact that they provide seamless, customized, and unobtrusive services to their users. Research on pervasive and ubiquitous computing has been prolific over the past years, leading to a large number of corresponding diverse software and hardware infrastructures, networking solutions, methodologies, and frameworks. Pervasive Computing and Communications Design and Deployment: Technologies, Trends, and Applications has a broad scope since it is intended to provide an overview on the general and interdisciplinary topic of pervasive computing and communications. Particular aspects studied in this book include enabling factors, key characteristics, future trends, user adoption, privacy issues and impact of pervasive computing on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and its associated social aspects. The book is intended to serve as a reference for computer science practitioners, students and researchers, covering design principles and relevant implementation techniques and technologies regarding pervasive computing.

Communities of Practice are accessible to both experts and new members of a particular community with diverse academic and cultural backgrounds as well as varying social expectations and experiences. Despite the tremendous opportunities for collective learning and knowledge sharing that Communities of Practice offer, not enough is known about these communities in emerging economies and their potential to facilitate cooperation between experts from around the world. Organizational Knowledge Facilitation through Communities of Practice in Emerging Markets seeks to fill the knowledge gap surrounding Communities of Practice and their role within developing nations. Focusing on critical topics related to different types of knowledge communities and the ways in which such communities generate innovation, this research-based publication is an ideal reference source for academics, business professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, and those currently studying at the graduate level.

Pervasive computing environments based on the ubiquitous communications paradigm have attracted significant research interest and have found increased applicability in commercial settings, attributed to the fact that they provide seamless, customized, and unobtrusive services to their users. Research on pervasive and ubiquitous computing has been prolific over the past years, leading to a large number of corresponding diverse software and hardware infrastructures, networking solutions, methodologies, and frameworks. Pervasive Computing and Communications Design and Deployment: Technologies, Trends, and Applications has a broad scope since it is intended to provide an overview on the general and interdisciplinary topic of pervasive computing and communications. Particular aspects studied in this book include enabling factors, key characteristics, future trends, user adoption, privacy issues and impact of pervasive computing on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and its associated social aspects. The book is intended to serve as a reference for computer science practitioners, students and researchers, covering design principles and relevant implementation techniques and technologies regarding pervasive computing.

Communities of Practice are accessible to both experts and new members of a particular community with diverse academic and cultural backgrounds as well as varying social expectations and experiences. Despite the tremendous opportunities for collective learning and knowledge sharing that Communities of Practice offer, not enough is known about these communities in emerging economies and their potential to facilitate cooperation between experts from around the world. Organizational Knowledge Facilitation through Communities of Practice in Emerging Markets seeks to fill the knowledge gap surrounding Communities of Practice and their role within developing nations. Focusing on critical topics related to different types of knowledge communities and the ways in which such communities generate innovation, this research-based publication is an ideal reference source for academics, business professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, and those currently studying at the graduate level.