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(2) Mobile Computing:. Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications David Taniar Monash University, Australia. Volume I. Information Science reference Hershey • New York.

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(6) List of Contributors. Abdel Samad, Yara / Ministry of Information & Communication Technologies, Jordan................ 1543 Abdul Razak, Aishah / Multimedia University, Malaysia............................................................... 3511 Abramowicz, Witold / The Poznan University of Economics, Poland.................................... 565, 1562 Abu-Samaha, Ala M. / Amman University, Jordan.......................................................................... 1543 Ahmed Farrag, Tamer / Mansoura University, Egypt..................................................................... 3151 Ahn, Kyungmo / Kyunghee University, Korea................................................................................... 152 Ahrens, Martin / Inductis India Pvt. Ltd., India.............................................................................. 2862 Al Haj Ali, Eman / Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE................................................................ 1466 Alexander, Thomas / FGAN—Research Institute for Communication, Information Processing, and Ergonomics, Germany........................................... 206 Ali, Hesham A. / Mansoura University, Egypt................................................................................. 3151 Ally, Mohamed / Athabasca University, Canada............................................................................... 776 Almeida, Hyggo / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil........................................ 1763, 3212 AlMidfa, K.O. / Etisalat University College, UAE............................................................................ 558 Al-Marri, A. / Etisalat University College, UAE................................................................................ 558 Al-Nuaimi, M. / Etisalat University College, UAE............................................................................ 558 Andersson, Christer / Combitech, Sweden...................................................................................... 2696 Angelides, Marios C. / Brunel University, UK................................................................................. 1584 Antunes, Pedro / University of Lisboa, Portugal............................................................................... 518 Arunatileka, Dinesh / University of Western Sydney, Australia............................................. 2188, 2289 Atiquzzaman, Mohammed / University of Oklahoma, USA........................................................... 3130 Avouris, Nikolaos / University of Patras, Greece.................................................................. 3251, 3282 Baber, Chris / The University of Birmingham, UK............................................................................ 225 Balakrishnan, Vimala / Multimedia University, Malaysia.............................................................. 1984 Ballon, Pieter / Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium......................................................................... 1143 Banaśkiewicz, Krzysztof / The Pozañ University of Economics, Poland.......................................... 565 Bandyopadhyay, Subir K. / Indiana University Northwest, USA....................................................... 38 Baousis, Vasileios / University of Athens, Greece............................................................................. 2936 Bardají, Antonio Valdovinos / University of Zaragoza, Spain.......................................................... 419 Barkhuus, Louise / University of Glasgow, UK............................................................................... 2130 Barnes, Stuart J. / University of East Anglia, UK................................................................... 257, 1810 Bassara, Andrzej / The Poznan University of Economics, Poland.................................................. 1562 Beckerman, Barbara G. / Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA................................................... 1442 Beekhuyzen, Jenine / Griffith University, Australia......................................................................... 1351 Beer, David / University of York, UK................................................................................................ 1168.

(7) Beer, Martin / Sheffield Hallam University, UK............................................................................... 1960 Bellotti, Francesco / University of Genoa, Italy............................................................................... 3387 Berger, Stefan / Universität Passau, Germany................................................................................. 2496 Berger, Stefan / Detecon International GmbH, Germany........................................................ 188, 1359 Berry, Marsha / RMIT University, Australia...................................................................................... 817 Berta, Riccardo / University of Genoa, Italy.................................................................................... 3387 Billinghurst, Mark / Human Interface Technology Laboratory, New Zealand................................. 984 Bina, Maria / Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece............................................. 1296 Black, Jason T. / Florida A&M University, USA.............................................................................. 3540 Blandford, Ann / University College London, UK........................................................................... 2027 Bose, Indranil / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong........................................................... 870, 2179 Bourgoin, David L. / University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA............................................................ 1665 Bozanis, Panayiotis / University of Thessaly, Greece........................................................................ 313 Bradley, John F. / University College Dublin, Ireland....................................................................... 850 Braet, Olivier / Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium......................................................................... 1143 Brenner, Walter / University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.................................................................. 2257 Brodt, Torsten / University of St. Gallen, Switzerland..................................................................... 1867 Brown-Martin, Graham / Handheld Learning, London, UK............................................................ 144 Burmester, Mike / Florida State University, USA............................................................................ 2827 Burstein, F. / Monash University, Australia..................................................................................... 3552 Cardell, Nicholas Scott / Salford Systems, USA............................................................................... 2871 Carrasco, Rolando A. / University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.................................................... 1408 Carroll, Amy / Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand...................................................... 1810 Caudill, Jason / Independent Consultant, USA.................................................................................. 835 Chan, Shirley / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong............................................................ 2124 Chan, Susy S. / DePaul University, USA.................................................................................. 526, 2212 Chand, Narottam / Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.................................................. 3012 Chang, Elizabeth / Curtin University of Technology, Australia......................................................... 546 Chang, Jun-Yang / National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan........................... 3361 Chao, Han-Chieh / National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan................................................... 117, 3349 Charaf, Wissam / American University of Sharjah, UAE................................................................ 1771 Chatzinotas, Symeon / University of Surrey, UK............................................................................. 2766 Chen, Charlie / Appalachian State University, USA........................................................................ 1615 Chen, Thomas M. / Southern Methodist University, USA................................................................ 3588 Chen, Zhengxin / University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA.............................................................. 3021 Chen, Xi / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong............................................................................ 2179 Chochliouros, Ioannis P. / Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece............. 47 Chokvasin, Theptawee / Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand........................................ 2066 Christopoulou, Eleni / University of Patras & Ionian University, Greece.......................................... 65 Chuang, Li-Yeh / I-Shou University, Taiwan.................................................................................... 3361 Chun, Heasun / The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA................................................. 2509 Ciganek, Andrew P. / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.................................................... 2092 Cing, Tay Joc / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore....................................................... 2896 Coaker, Ben / Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, USA............................................................. 1530 Constantiou, Ioanna D. / Copenhagen Business School, Denmark................................................. 1296 Costa, Evandro / Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil.................................................................. 1763.

(8) Cowie, J. / University of Stirling, UK............................................................................................... 3552 Crease, Murray / National Research Council of Canada, Canada................................................. 2042 Crowther, Paul / Sheffield Hallam University, UK........................................................................... 1960 Cunningham, Sally Jo / University of Waikato, New Zealand......................................................... 3529 Dahlberg, Tomi / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland............................................................... 1626 Dananjayan, P. / Pondicherry Engineering College, India................................................................ 961 de Amescua-Seco, Antonio / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain............................................ 729 de Fátima Queiroz Vieira Turnell, Maria / Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil................................................................................................. 3168 De Gloria, Alessandro / University of Genoa, Italy......................................................................... 3387 de Haro, Guillermo / Instituto De Empresa, Spain.......................................................................... 1738 de Queiroz, José Eustáquio Rangel / Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil................................................................................................. 3168 de Sousa Ferreira, Danilo / Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil............. 3168 de Vries, Imar / Utrecht University, The Netherlands...................................................................... 1946 Deans, Candace / University of Richmond, USA.............................................................................. 1530 Deek, Fadi P. / New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA................................................................... 589 Derballa, Volker / University of Augsburg, Germany.............................................................. 197, 2169 Dey, Anind K. / Carnegie Mellon University, USA.......................................................................... 3222 Dhar, Subhankar / San Jose State University, USA........................................................................... 952 Dholakia, Nikhilesh / University of Rhode Island, USA............................................................ 27, 1331 Di Noia, Tommaso / Politecnico di Bari, Italy................................................................................. 2957 Di Sciascio, Eugenio / Politecnico di Bari, Italy.............................................................................. 2957 Dietze, Claus / The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), France................. 1004 Dillon, Tharam / University of Technology, Australia....................................................................... 546 Donini, Francesco Maria / Università della Tuscia, Italy............................................................... 2957 Doolin, Bill / Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand...................................................... 1466 El Morr, Christo / York University, Canada.................................................................................... 1771 El-Said, Mostafa / Grand Valley State University, USA................................................................... 3204 Enders, Albrecht / Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany..................... 1653 Erlandson, Benjamin E. / Arizona State University, USA............................................................... 3333 Fafali, P. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece.................................................................. 1 Fang, Chua Fang / Multimedia University, Malaysia...................................................................... 2600 Fang, Xiaowen / DePaul University, USA.......................................................................................... 526 Fernández Navajas, Julián / University of Zaragoza, Spain............................................................ 419 Ferreira, Glauber / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil............................................... 1763 Fields, Bob / Middlesex University, UK............................................................................................ 2027 Filipowska, Agata / The Poznan University of Economics, Poland................................................. 1562 Fiotakis, Georgios / University of Patras, Greece........................................................................... 3251 Fischer-Hübner, Simone / Karlstad University, Sweden................................................................. 2696 Fong, Michelle W. L. / Victoria University, Australia...................................................................... 1312 Forsberg, Kim / Intrum Justitia Finland, Finland........................................................................... 1911 Fortino, Giancarlo / DEIS, University of Calabria, Italy................................................................ 1226 Fouliras, Panayotis / University of Macedonia, Greece.................................................................. 3068 Fraser, Gordon / Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria........... 597 Fraunholz, Bardo / Deakin University, Australia............................................................................ 2323.

(9) Fu, Lixin / The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.................................................... 534 Fu, Yongjian / Cleveland State University, USA............................................................................... 2969 Gallo, Jason / Northwestern University, USA................................................................................... 1096 Galloway, Chris / Monash University, Australia................................................................................ 240 Gan, Jason / University of Technology, Australia............................................................................... 383 García Moros, José / University of Zaragoza, Spain......................................................................... 419 García-Guzmán, Javier / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain................................................ 729 Garret, Bernie / University of British Columbia, Canada................................................................. 998 Garrett, Bernard Mark / University of British Columbia, Canada................................................ 1256 Garro, Alfredo / DEIS, University of Calabria, Italy....................................................................... 1226 Gartmann, Rüdiger / University of Münster, Germany................................................................... 3404 Gayeski, Diane M. / Ithaca College, USA.......................................................................................... 811 Ghanbary, Abbass / University of Western Sydney, Australia....................................... 785, 2289, 2368 Ghosh, Sutirtha / Inductis India Pvt. Ltd., India.............................................................................. 2862 Giroux, Sylvain / Université de Sherbrooke, Canada...................................................................... 1069 Golovnya, Mikhaylo / Salford Systems, USA................................................................................... 2871 Gomathy, C. / Deemed University, India.......................................................................................... 2996 Grahn, Kaj / Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland & Arcada Polytechnic, Finland............................................................................................................ 2660, 2766 Grillo, Antonio / Universita di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy.............................................................. 1237 Gruber, Franz / RISC Software GmbH, Austria................................................................................. 459 Gruijters, Dominic / University of Cape Town, South Africa.......................................................... 1396 Guah, Matthew W. / School of Business Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands............................................................................................................................... 403 Guan, Sheng-Uei / National University of Singapore, Singapore; Brunel University, UK.......................................................................................... 305, 881, 1640, 2715 Hadjiefthymiades, Stathes / University of Athens, Greece.............................................................. 2936 Haghirian, Parissa / Sophia University, Japan................................................................................ 1893 Häkkilä, Jonna / University of Oulu, Finland & Nokia Research Center, Finland............... 1351, 3222 Halid Kuscu, M. / Mobile Government Consortium International, UK............................................. 248 Hallin, Anette / Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden........................................................ 3455 Hameurlain, A. / IRIT—Paul Sabatier University, France................................................................ 334 Hamidi, H. / Iran University of Science & Technology, Iran-Tehran............................................... 2739 Hamilton, Margaret / RMIT University, Australia............................................................................ 817 Han, Song / Curtin University of Technology, Australia.................................................................... 546 Harno, Jarmo / Nokia Research Center, Finland............................................................................. 2475 Harris, Catherine / Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK................................... 3529 Harrison Jr., William T. / University of West Florida, USA & U.S. Navy, USA............................ 1381 Hartmann, Werner / FAW Software Engineering GmbH, Austria..................................................... 459 Heinonen, Kristina / HANKEN—Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland........................................................................................... 2233 Heinonen, Sirkka / VTT Building and Transport, Finland.............................................................. 2061 Henrysson, Anders / Norrköping Visualisation and Interaction Studio, Sweden.............................. 984 Hernández Ramos, Carolina / University of Zaragoza, Spain......................................................... 419 Hertweck, Dieter / University for Applied Sciences Heilbronn, Germany...................................... 2391 Herzog, Naomi / RMIT University, Australia..................................................................................... 817.

(10) Hoffman, Holger / Technische Universität München, Germany...................................................... 1499 Holtkamp, Bernhard / Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Germany..... 3404 Horvat, Marko / Croatian Railways Ltd., Croatia........................................................................... 1516 Hsieh, Pei-Hung / STPRIC, National Science Council, Taiwan....................................................... 2530 Hsu, HY Sonya / Southern Illinois University, USA......................................................................... 1886 Hu, Weihong / Auburn University, USA........................................................................................... 1204 Hu, Wen-Chen / University of North Dakota, USA...................................... 534, 909, 1183, 1204, 2614 Hua, Zhigang / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China........................................................................ 497 Hurson, A.R. / The Pennsylvania State University, USA........................................................ 1442, 3079 Hwang, Chong-Sun / Korea University, Republic of Korea............................................................ 2982 Iglesias, Álvaro Alesanco / University of Zaragoza, Spain................................................................ 419 Imre, Sándor / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.................................. 682 Isomäki, Hannakaisa / University of Jyväskylä, Finland................................................................ 1967 Istepanian, Robert S. H. / Kingston University, UK.......................................................................... 419 Jain, Ankur / Inductis India Pvt. Ltd., India.................................................................................... 2862 Jane, F. Mary Magdalene / P. S. G. R. Krishnammal, India........................................................... 2568 Jefferies, Laura / University of Gloucestershire, UK....................................................................... 3529 Jelassi, Tawfik / Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France.................................................. 1653 Jentzsch, Ric / Compucat Research Pty Limited, Australia............................................................. 3368 Jeong, Eui Jun / Michigan State University, USA.............................................................................. 289 Jiao, Y. / The Pennsylvania State University, USA............................................................................ 3079 Jiao, Yu / Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.............................................................................. 1442 Jih, Wen-Jang (Kenny) / Middle Tennessee State University, USA....................................... 1823, 1840 Jones, Matt / University of Waikato, New Zealand.......................................................................... 1396 Jones, Matthew R. / University of Cambridge, UK......................................................................... 1429 Joshi, R. C. / Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India............................................................ 3012 Kaasinen, Eija / VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland............................................ 1996 Kallio, Jukka / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland..................................................................... 506 Kálmán, György / University Graduate Center – UniK, Norway.......................................... 2725, 2792 Kamthan, Pankaj / Concordia University, Canada......................................................... 372, 796, 1937 Kangasharju, Jaakko / Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland............................. 2633 Kao, I-Lung / IBM, USA..................................................................................................................... 909 Kao, Michelle T.C. / National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan R.O.C................................................ 117 Karlsson, Jonny / Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland & Arcada Polytechnic, Finland............................................................................................................ 2660, 2766 Karnouskos, Stamatis / SAP Research, Germany; Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Germany................................................................................ 642, 2280 Karoui, Kamel / Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Tunis, Tunisia................................... 296 Katsianis, Dimitris / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.............................. 2475 Kawash, Jalal / American University of Sharjah, UAE.................................................................... 1771 Kela, Juha / Finwe Ltd., Finland...................................................................................................... 1029 Khashchanskiy, Victor I. / First Hop Ltd., Finland......................................................................... 1135 Khattab, Ishraga / Brunel University, UK....................................................................................... 2110 Kim, Dan J. / University of Houston Clear Lake, USA............................................................ 289, 2807 Kim, Jin Ki / Korea Advanced University, Korea............................................................................ 2509 Kini, Ranjan B. / Indiana University Northwest, USA......................................................................... 38.

(11) Kitisin, Sukumal / Kasetsart University, Thailand............................................................................ 269 Klemmer, Scott / Stanford University, USA....................................................................................... 920 Kolbe, Lutz M. / University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.................................................................... 2257 Komis, Vassilis / University of Patras, Greece....................................................................... 3251, 3282 Komiya, Ryoichi / Multimedia University, Malaysia....................................................................... 3511 Kong, Ki-Sik / Korea University, Republic of Korea....................................................................... 2982 Korpipää, Panu / Finwe Ltd., Finland............................................................................................. 1029 Kotulski, Zbigniew / Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw & Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.................................................................................................................... 2583 Koubaa, Hend / Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.................... 1103 Koukia, Spiridoula / University of Patras, Greece & Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece............................................................................................................................. 1064 Kourbelis, N. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece.......................................................... 1 Krcmar, Helmut / Technische Universität München, Germany....................................................... 1499 Kshetri, Nir / University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.................................................... 1665 Kulviwat, Songpol / Hofstra University, USA.................................................................................. 1886 Kundu, Suddha Sattwa / Inductis India Pvt. Ltd., India................................................................. 2862 Kuppuswami, Anand / University of Western Sydney, Australia....................................................... 618 Kushchu, Ibrahim / Mobile Government Consortium International, UK......................................... 248 Kustov, Andrei L. / First Hop Ltd., Finland.................................................................................... 1135 Kwok, Sai Ho / California State University, Long Beach, USA....................................................... 1117 Kwon, Youngsun / Information and Communications University, Republic of Korea..................... 1699 Lahti, Janne / VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland................................................ 1080 Lalopoulos, George K. / Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece................ 47 Lam, Jean / IBM, USA...................................................................................................................... 2212 Landay, James A. / University of Washington & Intel Research Seattle, USA.................................. 920 Lee, Cheon-Pyo / Mississippi State University, USA; Carson-Newman College, USA......... 1246, 2163 Lee, Chung-wei / Auburn University, USA............................................................................. 1183, 2614 Lee, Dennis / The University of Queensland, Australia & The Australian CRC for Interaction Design, Australia............................................................................................................................. 279 Lee, Jason Chong / Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA....... 3320 Lee, Kun Chang / Sungkyunkwan University, Korea....................................................................... 3421 Lee, Namho / Sungkyunkwan University, Korea.............................................................................. 3421 Lee, Sheng-Chien / University of Florida, USA................................................................................. 534 Lee, Su-Fang / Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, Taiwan.................................................. 1823 Lehmann, Hans / Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand......................................... 188, 1359 Leimeister, Jan Marco / Technische Universität München, Germany............................................. 1499 Lentini, Alessandro / Universita di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy...................................................... 1237 Leow, Chye-Huang / Singapore Polytechnic, Republic of Singapore.............................................. 2343 Leow, Winnie C. H. / Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore................................................................. 1713 Leyk, Dieter / German Sport University Cologne, Germany & Central Institute of the Federal Armed Forces Medical Services, Koblenz, Germany....................................................................... 206 Li, Xining / University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada........................................................................... 858 Li, Yang / University of Washington, USA.......................................................................................... 920 Li, Yuan-chao / China University of Petroleum, P.R. China.............................................................. 473 Liljander, Veronica / Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.......... 1911.

(12) Lim, Say Ying / Monash University, Australia......................................................................... 350, 3185 Lindholm, Tancred / Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland................................. 2633 Linjama, Jukka / Nokia, Finland..................................................................................................... 1029 Longworth, Robert / University of New Brunswick, Canada.......................................................... 2042 Loureiro, Emerson / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil............................................. 3212 Love, Steve / Brunel University, UK................................................................................................. 2110 Lu, Hanqing / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China......................................................................... 497 Lundevall, Kristina / The City of Stockholm, Sweden..................................................................... 3455 Luo, Xin / Virginia State University, USA......................................................................................... 2203 Ma, Louis C. K. / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong........................................................ 2124 Ma, Wei-Ying / Microsoft Research Asia, China................................................................................ 497 Maamar, Zakaria / Zayed University, UAE....................................................................... 388, 451, 891 Madlberger, Maria / Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria........ 1893 Mahmoud, Qusay H. / University of Guelph, Canada.............................................................. 388, 451 Maitland, Carleen / Pennsylvania State University, USA...................................................... 1721, 2440 Mäkinen, Sari / University of Tampere, Finland................................................................................ 968 Mallat, Niina / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland................................................................... 1626 Mammeri, Z. / IRIT—Paul Sabatier University, France.................................................................... 334 Maniraj Singh, Anesh / University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.............................................. 1690 Margarone, Massimiliano / University of Genoa, Italy.................................................................. 3387 María García, José / Instituto De Empresa, Spain........................................................................... 1738 Marques, Paulo / University of Coimbra, Portugal......................................................................... 3300 Marsden, Gary / University of Cape Town, South Africa................................................................ 1396 Marsit, N. / IRIT—Paul Sabatier University, France......................................................................... 334 Martins, Henrique M. G. / University of Cambridge, UK.............................................................. 1429 Martucci, Leonardo A. / Karlstad University, Sweden.................................................................... 2696 McCrickard, D. Scott / Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA..................................................................................... 3320 McManus, Patricia / Edith Cowan University, Australia................................................................ 1788 Me, Gianluigi / Universita di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy................................................................ 1237 Melliar-Smith, P. M. / University of California, Santa Barbara, USA............................................ 3494 Merakos, Lazaros / University of Athens, Greece............................................................................ 2936 Merten, Patrick S. / University of Fribourg, Switzerland.................................................................... 10 Minogiannis, N. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece...................................................... 1 Misra, Manoj / Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India........................................................ 3012 Mittal, Nitin / Nokia Pte Ltd, Singapore........................................................................................... 1194 Mohamedally, Dean / City University London, UK......................................................................... 2019 Mohammadi, K. / Iran University of Science & Technology, Iran-Tehran...................................... 2739 Mohammadian, Masoud / University of Canberra, Australia........................................................ 3368 Moore Olmstead, Paul / Atos Research and Innovation, Spain....................................................... 1562 Moreau, Jean-François / Université de Sherbrooke, Canada......................................................... 1069 Morvan, F. / IRIT—Paul Sabatier University, France........................................................................ 334 Moser, Louise E. / University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.................................................. 3494 Muhlberger, Ralf / The University of Queensland, Australia & The Australian CRC for Interaction Design, Australia........................................................................................................... 279 Muldoon, Conor / University College Dublin, Ireland...................................................................... 850.

(13) Nam, Changi / Information and Communications University, Republic of Korea........................... 1699 Nand, Sashi / Rushmore University, Grand Cayman, BWI............................................................... 2784 Navarro, Mariano / TRAGSA Group Information, Spain.................................................................. 729 Ni, Jingbo / University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada........................................................................... 858 Noll, Josef / University Graduate Center – UniK, Norway.................................................... 2725, 2792 Northrup, Pamela T. / University of West Florida, USA................................................................. 1381 Nösekabel, Holger / University of Passau, Germany............................................................... 122, 1125 Ntantogian, Christoforos / University of Athens, Greece................................................................ 2674 O’Grady, Michael J. / University College Dublin, Ireland........................................... 850, 1047, 3442 O’Hare, Gregory M. P. / University College Dublin, Ireland....................................... 850, 1047, 3442 Oddershede, Astrid M. / University of Santiago of Chile, Chile..................................................... 1408 Okazaki, Shintaro / Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain....................................................... 1975 Oliveira, Loreno / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil................................................. 3212 Olla, Phillip / Madonna University, USA............................................................................................ 432 Ollila, Mark / Norrköping Visualisation and Interaction Studio, Sweden......................................... 984 Ong, Chee Chye / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore................................................... 1713 Paay, Jeni / Aalborg University, Denmark........................................................................................ 3333 Padgham, Lin / RMIT University, Australia....................................................................................... 817 Palola, Marko / VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland............................................. 1080 Papadimitriou, Ioanna / University of Patras, Greece.......................................................... 3251, 3282 Parker, Shin / University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA.................................................................... 3021 Parsons, David / Massey University, New Zealand............................................................................ 805 Patrikakis, Ch. Z. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece.................................................. 1 Paul, Hironmoy / Cleveland State University, USA......................................................................... 2969 Päykkönen, Kirsi / University of Lapland, Finland......................................................................... 1967 Peikari, Cyrus / Airscanner Mobile Security Corporation, USA..................................................... 3588 Peinel, Gertraud / Fraunhofer FIT, Germany.................................................................................. 1562 Peltola, Johannes / VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland....................................... 1080 Perkusich, Angelo / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil.................................... 1763, 3212 Petrie, Helen / City University London, UK..................................................................................... 2019 Petrova, Krassie / Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand............................................. 1593 Piekarski, Wayne / University of South Australia, Australia............................................................. 937 Pierre, Samuel / École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada............................................. 18, 650, 2653 Pigot, Hélène / Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.......................................................................... 1069 Ping, Wang / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.......................................................................... 870 Piscitelli, Giacomo / Politecnico di Bari, Italy................................................................................. 2957 Polsa, Pia / Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.......................... 1911 Polyzos, George C. / Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.................................. 1754 Poole, Marshall Scott / Texas A&M University, USA.......................................................................... 56 Potdar, Vidyasagar / Curtin University of Technology, Australia...................................................... 546 Potok, Thomas E. / Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.............................................................. 1442 Pousttchi, Key / University of Augsburg, Germany.................................................................. 197, 2169 Prasad, Rohit / Management Development Institute, India............................................................. 2306 Pulkkis, Göran / Arcada Polytechnic, Finland & Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland................................................................................................................. 2660, 2766 Pura, Minna / HANKEN—Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland........................................................................................... 2233.

(14) Quah, Jon T. S. / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.................................................... 1713 Quah, Tong-Seng / Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore.............................. 2343 Radhamani, G. / Multimedia University, Malaysia.......................................................................... 2600 Räisänen, Hanna / University of Lapland, Finland......................................................................... 1967 Rajala, Risto / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.................................................................... 2463 Rajeev, S. / PSG College of Technology, India................................................................................. 3236 Ramamurthy, K. / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA......................................................... 2092 Ranft, Anne-Marie / University of Technology, Australia............................................................... 1857 Rantakokko, Tapani / Finwe Ltd., Finland..................................................................................... 1029 Rao, N. Raghavendra / SSN School of Management & Computer Applications, India.................. 1602 Rao, Ranjan / Inductis India Pvt. Ltd., India................................................................................... 2862 Rao Hill, Sally / University of Adelaide, Australia............................................................................... 84 Raptis, Dimitrios / University of Patras, Greece................................................................... 3251, 3282 Rashid, Asarnusch / Research Center for Information Technology Karlsruhe, Germany............... 2391 Rask, Morten / Aarhus School of Business, Denmark......................................................................... 27 Reeves, Nina / University of Gloucestershire, UK............................................................................ 3529 Remus, Ulrich / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany..................................... 188, 1359, 2496 Rigou, Maria / University of Patras, Greece & Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece............................................................................................................................. 1064 Röckelein, Wolfgang / EMPRISE Consulting Düseldorf, Germany................................................ 1125 Roggenkamp, Klas / Dipl. Designer Electronic Business, Germany................................................. 756 Roh, Sung-Ju / Technology R&D Center, LG Telecom Co., Republic of Korea............................... 2982 Rohling, Hermann / Hamburg University of Technology, Germany............................................... 3561 Rokkas, Theodoros / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece............................. 2475 Rossi, Matti / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland..................................................................... 2463 Roy Dholakia, Ruby / University of Rhode Island, USA..................................................................... 27 Ruhi, Umar / Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada........................................................................... 1483 Ruiz Mas, José / University of Zaragoza, Spain................................................................................. 419 Russo, Wilma / DEIS, University of Calabria, Italy......................................................................... 1226 Ruta, Michele / Politecnico di Bari, Italy......................................................................................... 2957 Saha, Debashis / Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, India........................................... 488 Salam, A. F. / University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.................................................... 1053 Salo, Jari / University of Oulu, Finland............................................................................................ 1878 Sampat, Miten / Feeva Techology, Inc., USA................................................................................... 3320 Samuelsson, Mats / Mobio Networks, USA...................................................................................... 1331 Samundeeswari, E. S. / Vellalar College for Women, India............................................................. 2568 Sánchez-Segura, María-Isabel / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain..................................... 729 Saravanan, I. / Pondicherry Engineering College, India................................................................... 961 Sardana, Sanjeev / Mobio Networks, USA....................................................................................... 1331 Sardar, Bhaskar / Jadavpur University, India................................................................................... 488 Savary, Jean-Pierre / Division R&D CRD, France......................................................................... 1069 Sawyer, Steve / The Pennsylvania State University, USA................................................................. 2079 Schierholz, Ragnar / University of St. Gallen, Switzerland............................................................. 2257 Schilhavy, Richard / University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA........................................ 1053 Schizas, Christos / University of Cyprus, Cyprus............................................................................ 1584 Schlick, Christopher / RWTH Aachen University, Germany............................................................. 206.

(15) Schnelle, Dirk / Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany......................................................... 3468 Scornavacca, Eusebio / Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand............................... 257, 1810 Seah, Winston K. G. / Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore................................................ 2833 Serenko, Alexander / Lakehead University, Canada....................................................... 171, 181, 1929 Shan, Mok Wai / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong................................................................... 870 Shanmugavel, S. / Anna University, India........................................................................................ 2996 Sharda, Nalin / Victoria University, Australia.................................................................................. 2843 Shetty, Namita / Cleveland State University, USA........................................................................... 2969 Shim, J. P. / Mississippi State University, USA................................................................................... 152 Shim, Julie M. / Soldier Design LLC, USA........................................................................................ 152 Shing, Wong Ka / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.................................................................. 870 Shing, Yip Yee / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong..................................................................... 870 Shubair, R.M. / Etisalat University College, UAE............................................................................. 558 Siek, Katie A. / University of Colorado at Boulder, USA................................................................. 3270 Sievert, Alexander / German Sport University Cologne, Germany................................................... 206 Silva, Luís / University of Coimbra, Portugal.................................................................................. 3300 Simon, Vilmos / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary................................ 682 Sirmakessis, Spiros / Technological Institution of Messolongi, Greece & Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece......................................................................................... 1064 Sivagurunathan, Surendra Kumar / University of Oklahoma, USA............................................. 3130 Sivanandam, S. N. / PSG College of Technology, India................................................................... 3236 Sivaradje, G. / Pondicherry Engineering College, India................................................................... 961 So, Simon / Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong............................................................ 1344 Sofokleous, Anastasis / Brunel University, UK................................................................................ 1584 Song, Lei / University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada............................................................................ 858 Sphicopoulos, Thomas / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece........................ 2475 Spiliopoulos, Vassilis / University of the Aegean and National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece............................................................................... 2936 Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou, Anastasia S. / Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece.......................................................................................................... 47 Sreenaath, K. V. / PSG College of Technology, India...................................................................... 3236 Sridhar, Varadharajan / Management Development Institute, India.............................................. 2306 Srikhutkhao, Nopparat / Kasetsart University, Thailand................................................................. 269 Srinivasan, Bala / Monash University, Australia..................................................................... 350, 3185 Standing, Craig / Edith Cowan University, Australia...................................................................... 1788 Statica, Robert / New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA................................................................ 589 Steinbauer, Gerald / Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria..... 597 Steinberg, Dan / Salford Systems, USA............................................................................................ 2871 Steinert, Martin / University of Fribourg, Switzerland....................................................................... 10 Stelmaszewska, Hanna / Middlesex University, UK........................................................................ 2027 Stoica, Adrian / University of Patras, Greece.................................................................................. 3251 Sun, Jun / Texas A&M University, USA & University of Texas–Pan American, USA................ 56, 1780 Swan, Karen / Kent State University, USA......................................................................................... 144 Taha, Hamza / American University of Sharjah, UAE..................................................................... 1771 Tähtinen, Jaana / University of Oulu, Finland................................................................................ 1878 Tan, Hwee-Xian / National University of Singapore, Singapore..................................................... 2833.

(16) Tan, Joseph / Wayne State University, USA........................................................................................ 432 Taniar, David / Monash University, Australia.......................................................................... 350, 3185 Tapia, Andrea / Pennsylvania State University, USA....................................................................... 2079 Tarkoma, Sasu / Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland........................................ 2633 Tarnacha, Ankur / The Pennsylvania State University, USA........................................................... 1721 Teoh, Jenny / K & J Business Solutions, Australia........................................................................... 2145 Terziyan, Vagan / University of Jyvaskyla, Finland........................................................................... 630 Teufel, Stephanie / University of Fribourg, Switzerland...................................................................... 10 Tilsner, Dirk / EDISOFT, Portugal.................................................................................................. 1562 Tin, Chan Lit / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong...................................................................... 870 Tinnilä, Markku / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland............................................................... 506 Tomak, Kerem / University of Texas at Austin, USA........................................................................ 1796 Tong, Carrison K. S. / Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong........................... 1261 Tran, Dai / Arcada Polytechnic, Finland.......................................................................................... 2660 Tran, Thomas / University of Ottawa, Canada.................................................................................. 712 Trifonova, Anna / University of Trento, Italy................................................................................... 1367 Troshani, Indrit / University of Adelaide, Australia............................................................................ 84 Tsai, Yuan-Cheng / Da-Yeh University, Taiwan............................................................................... 1823 Tselios, Nikolaos / University of Patras, Greece.............................................................................. 3282 Tseng, Anne / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland....................................................................... 506 Turel, Ofir / California State University, Fullerton, USA & McMaster University, Canada.............................................................................................. 171, 181, 1483, 1929 Turowski, Klaus / Universität Augsburg, Germany......................................................................... 2169 Tuunainen, Virpi Kristiina / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland............................................ 2463 Unhelkar, Bhuvan / University of Western Sydney, Australia................................................ 2289, 2368 Unnithan, Chandana / Deakin University, Australia....................................................................... 2323 Vaghjiani, Khimji / K & J Business Solutions, Australia................................................................ 2145 van ‘t Hooft, Mark / Kent State University, USA............................................................................... 144 van de Kar, Els / Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands................................................. 2440 Van Schyndel, Ron / RMIT University, Australia.............................................................................. 817 Varoutas, Dimitris / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece............................... 2475 Veijalainen, Jari / University of Jyvaskyla, Finland........................................................................ 2908 Verkasalo, Hannu / Helsinki University of Technology, Finland..................................................... 1273 Ververidis, Christopher / Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece......................... 1754 Vesa, Jarkko / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland...................................................................... 696 Vihinen, Janne / Helsinki School of Economics, Finland................................................................ 2463 Vildjiounaite, Elena / VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland................................... 1080 Vilmos, András / SafePay Systems, Ltd., Hungary........................................................................... 2280 Viruete Navarro, Eduardo Antonio / University of Zaragoza, Spain.............................................. 419 Vogel, Douglas / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong........................................................... 2124 Vyas, Amrish / University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA....................................................... 573 Wagner, Roland / Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria............................................................ 459 Wai, Shiu Ka / University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong....................................................................... 870 Wang, Fu Lee / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong............................................................ 2418 Wang, Hsiao-Fan / National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan ROC................................................... 2924 Wang, Miao-Ling / Minghsin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan................................... 2924.

(17) Wang, Zhou / Fraunhofer Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute (IPSI), Germany............................................................................. 1103 Wangikar, Lalit / Inductis India Pvt. Ltd., India.............................................................................. 2862 Warkentin, Merrill / Mississippi State University, USA........................................................ 1246, 2203 Watkins, Andrew / Mississippi State University, USA..................................................................... 2896 Weber, Jörg / Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria................ 597 Wehn Montalvo, Uta / TNO Strategy, Technology and Policy, The Netherlands............................ 2440 Weißenberg, Norbert / Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Germany.... 3404 Welling, Ilary / Nokia Research Center, Finland............................................................................. 2475 Weng, Zhiyong / University of Ottawa, Canada................................................................................ 712 Westermann, Utz / VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland....................................... 1080 Wieloch, Karol / The Pozañ University of Economics, Poland.......................................................... 565 Williamson, Nicholas / University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA..................................... 1665 Willis, Robert / Lakehead University, Canada................................................................................. 1929 Wiśniewski, Marek / The Poznan University of Economics, Poland............................................... 1562 Wojciechowski, Manfred / Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Germany.............................................................................................. 3404 Wong, Eric T. T. / The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong......................................... 1261 Wotawa, Franz / Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria........... 597 Wright, David / University of Ottawa, Canada........................................................................ 976, 1175 Wright Hawkes, Lois / Florida State University, USA.................................................................... 3540 Wu, Ming-Chien / University of Western Sydney, Australia............................................................ 2368 Wu, Tin-Yu / I-Shou University, Taiwan; National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan................. 117, 3349 Wyse, James E. / Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada................................................. 3040 Xenakis, Christos / University of Piraeus, Greece................................................................. 2674, 2752 Xie, Xing / Microsoft Research Asia, China....................................................................................... 497 Xu, Jianliang / Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong............................................................. 3031 Yang, Cheng-Hong / National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan........................ 3361 Yang, Cheng-Huei / National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan............................................. 3361 Yang, Christopher C. / Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong......................................... 2418 Yang, Chyuan-Huei Thomas / Hsuan-Chuang University, Taiwan................................................ 1204 Yang, Hung-Jen / National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan........................................ 534, 1183 Yang, Samuel C. / California State University, Fullerton, USA....................................................... 1615 Yeh, Jyh-haw / Boise State University, USA......................................................... 909, 1183, 1204, 2614 Yeow, P. H. P. / Multimedia University, Malaysia............................................................................ 1984 Yiannoutsou, Nikoletta / University of Patras, Greece................................................................... 3282 Yoon, Victoria / University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA..................................................... 573 Yow, Kin Choong / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore................................................. 1194 Yu, Betty / The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong......................................................... 248 Yuan, Soe-Tsyr / National Chengchi University, Taiwan................................................................. 2530 Yuen, Patrivan K. / William Carey University, USA.......................................................................... 108 Yuen, Steve Chi-Yin / The Univeristy of Southern Mississippi, USA................................................ 108 Yulius Limanto, Hanny / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore....................................... 2896 Žagar, Mario / University of Zagreb, Croatia.................................................................................. 1516 Zainal Abidin, Mohamad Izani / Multimedia University, Malaysia............................................... 3511.

(18) Zaphiris, Panayiotis / City University London, UK......................................................................... 2019 Zavitsanos, Elias / University of the Aegean and National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece.............................................. 2936 Żebrowski, Pawel / The Poznan University of Economics, Poland......................................... 565, 1562 Zeng, Guangping / University of Science and Technology of Beijing, China.................................... 473 Zhang, Degan / University of Science and Technology of Beijing, China.......................................... 473 Zhang, Huaiyu / Northwest University, China................................................................................... 473 Zhang, Xinshang / Jidong Oilfield, China......................................................................................... 473 Zhong, Yapin / Shandong Institute of Physical Education and Sport, China..................................... 909 Zhu, Fangming / National University of Singapore, Singapore......................................................... 881 Zwick, Detlev / Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada........................................... 1675 Zwierko, Aneta / Warsaw University of Technology, Poland........................................................... 2583.

(19) Contents. Volume I Section I. Fundamental Concepts and Theories This section serves as the foundation for this exhaustive reference tool by addressing crucial theories essential to the understanding of mobile computing. Chapters found within these pages provide an excellent framework in which to position mobile computing within the field of information science and technology. Individual contributions provide overviews of mobile learning, mobile portals, and mobile government, while also exploring critical stumbling blocks of this field. Within this introductory section, the reader can learn and choose from a compendium of expert research on the elemental theories underscoring the research and application of mobile computing. Chapter 1.1. Ubiquitous Access to Information Through Portable, Mobile and Handheld Devices / Ch. Z. Patrikakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; P. Fafali, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; N. Minogiannis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; N. Kourbelis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece..............................................................1 Chapter 1.2. Mobile Computing and Commerce Framework / Stephanie Teufel, University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Patrick S. Merten, University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Martin Steinert, University of Fribourg, Switzerland............................................................................10 Chapter 1.3. Mobile Electronic Commerce / Samuel Pierre, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada..................................................................18 Chapter 1.4. Mobile Communications and Mobile Commerce: Conceptual Frames to Grasp the Global Tectonic Shifts / Nikhilesh Dholakia, University of Rhode Island, USA; Morten Rask, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark; Ruby Roy Dholakia, University of Rhode Island, USA..........................................................................27.

(20) Chapter 1.5. Adoption and Diffusion of M-Commerce / Ranjan B. Kini, Indiana University Northwest, USA; Subir K. Bandyopadhyay, Indiana University Northwest, USA.............................................................38 Chapter 1.6. Evolution of Mobile Commerce Applications / George K. Lalopoulos, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece; Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece; Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece....47 Chapter 1.7. Context-Awareness in Mobile Commerce / Jun Sun, Texas A&M University, USA; Marshall Scott Poole, Texas A&M University, USA..............................................................................56 Chapter 1.8. Context as a Necessity in Mobile Applications / Eleni Christopoulou, University of Patras & Ionian University, Greece..............................................65 Chapter 1.9. A Proposed Framework for Mobile Services Adoption: A Review of Existing Theories, Extensions, and Future Research Directions / Indrit Troshani, University of Adelaide, Australia; Sally Rao Hill, University of Adelaide, Australia..................................................................................84 Chapter 1.10. Mobile Learning: Learning on the Go / Steve Chi-Yin Yuen, The Univeristy of Southern Mississippi,USA; Patrivan K. Yuen, William Carey University, USA..................................108 Chapter 1.11. Environments for Mobile Learning / Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Tin-Yu Wu, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Michelle T.C. Kao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, R.O.C................................................... 117 Chapter 1.12. Mobile Education: Lessons Learned / Holger Nösekabel, University of Passau, Germany............................................................................122 Chapter 1.13. Anywhere, Anytime Learning Using Highly Mobile Devices / Mark van ‘t Hooft, Kent State University, USA; Graham Brown-Martin, Handheld Learning, London, UK; Karen Swan, Kent State University, USA.............................................................................................144 Chapter 1.14. Current Status of Mobile Wireless Technology and Digital Multimedia Broadcasting / J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University, USA; Kyungmo Ahn, Kyunghee University, Korea; Julie M. Shim, Soldier Design LLC, USA............................................................................................152 Chapter 1.15. Mobile Portals / Ofir Turel, California State University, USA; Alexander Serenko, Lakehead University, Canada..............................................................................171 Chapter 1.16. Mobile Portals as Innovations / Alexander Serenko, Lakehead University, Canada; Ofir Turel, California State University, Fullerton, USA......................................................................181.