ContextExplorers: mobile agents for run-time context discovery, verification and validation ContextExplorers: mobile agents for run-time context discovery, validation and verification

We are witnessing an unprecedented use of the Internet, communication and computing technologies in commerce, business, government, health, defence and educational applications. Software solutions help to improve the efficiency of businesses, and to manage and exploit the information explosion. Advances in software technology, ubiquitous devices and the increasing volume of digital knowledge offer the opportunity for more sophisticated and user-friendly electronic services. Mobile software agents represent one of recently emerged paradigms related to pervasive computing that carry a tremendous promise in solving some of the real world problems and enabling “anytime, anywhere, with any device” access to digital information and services. Context-awareness and context management are in the focus of intensive ongoing research efforts by the pervasive computing research community.