An Intelligent Multi-Agent Memory Assistant

Abstract

World population is ageing and increasingly scarce resources are required to cover the needs of everyone adequately. Medical conditions, especially memory problems, restrict the daily life of a broad slice of the elderly population, affect their independence. To prevent this, providing the right care and assistance while having in mind the costs implicated is essential. One possible path is to work with resources that we already have today and create innovative solutions to achieve the required level of support. There are not many solution either technological or not to prevent memory loss. In this work we present a possible solution aimed at restoring or maintaining the independence of elderly people, through the use of so-called Memory Assistants. We thus present an Intelligent Multi-Agent Memory Assistant designed to help people with memory problems remember their events and activities. The implementation of an event manager, free time manger, medication remainder and a sensory system, to manage and monitor the user, we aim to improve their quality of life and increase their independence.

A dynamic user profiling technique in a AmI environment

“…This work is developed upon the requirements the iGenda and TIARAC projects had [1], [9]. The Free Time Manager used a static recommendation system, it could be changed over time but it was an arduous task, consuming precious technician time, and it was almost impossible to update the items in the database each week.…”

Multi-Agent Systems

“…Over the last few years, MAS have been employed as a tool for the development of many AmI frameworks. As examples, we can highlight the iGendaframework [19,20], which has as its main goal providing intelligent event management, consisting of a platform that receives events from other users and tries to schedule them according to its importance, having the ability to create, move, and delete events. Moreover, aiming for the implementation of the active aging concept, it schedules ludic activities in the users' free time, adjusted to their medical conditions, user shared events being the last implemented feature.…”

Modelling an Orientation System Based on Speculative Computation

“…The server is the system core and is made up the Database module, that stands for itself, and the agency for integration of the system applications module, that ensures the communication between the server and the user applications. To extend the features of the system, there is the possibility to connect it to external services through the agency for integration of the system applications module, i.e., there is a possibility to interact with other systems like iGenda [4].…”