Mobile computing is getting more and more attention these days, but the fact that there is still inadequate source of development methodologies to support mobile development, triggers the interest in this study to explore issues related to mobile development methodologies. The mobile developers are facing formidable challenges in the development of mobile application due to the specific demand ...

In order to develop easy-to-use multimodal interfaces for mobile applications, effective usability evaluation methods (UEMs) are an essential component of the development process. Over the past decades various usability evaluation methods have been developed and implemented to improve and assure easyto-use user interfaces and systems. However, most of the so-called ‘classical’ methods exhibit s...

the intelligent transportation system (its) provides wireless and mobile communication between vehicles and infrastructure to improve the safety of transportation and make the journey more enjoyable. this system consists of many fixed and mobile nodes (vehicles, trains, vessels, air planes), wireless and wired telecommunication technologies to exchange information between mobile nodes or betwee...

An increasing number of mobile applications aim to realize “smart cities” by utilizing contributions from citizens armed with mobile devices like smartphones. However, there are few generally recognized guidelines for developing and deploying crowdsourcingbased solutions in mobile environments. This paper considers the design of a crowdsensing-based smart parking system as a specific case study...

─ In this paper, we present a user-friendly mobile application that automatically generates alarm signals to remind a user to take medication. This application is able to automatically process a prescription of multiple medications and provide a visual reminder, as well as an audio reminder in the user’s chosen language/dialect. This application can help to promote medication adherence among el...

The purpose of this pilot study was to test a mobile app that combines exercise, health education, and bingo (Bingocize®) to improve functional performance, health knowledge, and adherence. Senior volunteers were assigned to use the app on tablets twice a week for 10 weeks or a use the app to play only modified bingo. Pre/post functional performance and health education knowledge were compared ...

Sophisticated applications that run on mobile devices have become commonplace. Within the wide realm of mobile software applications there exists a significant number that make use of networking in some form. Unfortunately, such distributed mobile applications are inherently difficult to evaluate. Conventional evaluations of such distributed applications are limited to small, real-world deploym...

This paper presents a new framework for building adaptive mobile applications in mobile computing environment. In mobile computing environment, network bandwidth and machine con gurations may be changed dramatically, and mobile applications should be adapted to various operational environments for being executed e ciently. Our framework solves many issues caused by adaptability and mobility in ...

This chapter describes Wizard of Oz studies and gives a historical view that includes a summary of the literature in which several studies that used the method with mobile technology are discussed. The use of Wizard of Oz for mobile applications is explored by referencing the literature and by examination of a case study. A taxonomy for Wizard of Oz studies is presented that has been derived fr...