Self-configuring agents for ambient assisted living applications

Ayala, Inmaculada; Amor, Mercedes; Fuentes, Lidia

doi:10.1007/s00779-012-0555-9

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“…These papers share a common rigorous analysis of the technical properties and functional performance of system architectures. They assume that technology enables older people to lead an independent life [2]. They embrace Weiser's view [76] of technology as something that can blend into the background and becomes so seamlessly integrated into the environment that people do not event realise that they are using it.…”

Section: The Functional Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ubiquitous technologies for older people

Cozza

Angeli

Tonolli

2017

Pers Ubiquit Comput

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In this paper, we present a close reading of work in ubicomp of applications for older people. Starting from three lines of enquiry defined in the inaugural issue of this journal, we discuss how ubicomp research has presented the relationship between technologies and older users. We base our reasoning on a review of papers published in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (1997Computing ( -2014. The lines of enquiry refer to paradigms (functional vs. sociotechnical), users (stereotype and involvement), and contexts (indoor and/or outdoor). These themes address the presentation of SUITCASE project (SUstainable Integrated & Territorial CAre SErvices). This is a two-year research on care services for older citizens within the smart home construct. We develop an initial framework that not only provides a cohesive view of technologies for older people, but also serves as a salient guideline for reflective design which extends beyond the target population. This framework may also address future design projects, funding schemes, and editorial policies.

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Section: The Functional Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ubiquitous technologies for older people

Cozza

Angeli

Tonolli

2017

Pers Ubiquit Comput

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“…To understand the effectiveness of the SAPERE model in developing pervasive applications, we tried to model some exemplary use-case applications both in SAPERE and in a FIPA-compliant agent-based middleware (MalacaTiny-Sol [Ayala et al 2012]) to assess strengths and weaknesses of our system. In this section, we report a specific case of a general analysis that we described in Ayala et al [2013].…”

Section: Software Engineering Evaluationmentioning

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Engineering Pervasive Service Ecosystems

Castelli

Mamei

Rosi

et al. 2015

ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst.

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Emerging pervasive computing services will typically involve a large number of devices and service components cooperating together in an open and dynamic environment. This calls for suitable models and infrastructures promoting spontaneous, situated, and self-adaptive interactions between components. SAPERE (Self-Aware Pervasive Service Ecosystems) is a general coordination framework aimed at facilitating the decentralized and situated execution of self-organizing and self-adaptive pervasive computing services. SAPERE adopts a nature-inspired approach, in which pervasive services are modeled and deployed as autonomous individuals in an ecosystem of other services and devices, all of which interact in accord to a limited set of coordination laws, or eco-laws. In this article, we present the overall rationale underlying SAPERE and its reference architecture. We introduce the eco-laws-based coordination model and show how it can be used to express and easily enforce general-purpose self-organizing coordination patterns. The middleware infrastructure supporting the SAPERE model is presented and evaluated, and the overall advantages of SAPERE are discussed in the context of exemplary use cases.

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“…Telerehabilitation is characterized by a very delicate equilibrium between environment, devices, and users. On the one hand, capabilities such as autonomic self-management, self-adaptation, extensible knowledge, flexibility, and ubiquity have been proven to be crucial to facilitate and promote usability and then the actual practices [14,15]. Hence, systems relying on a Multi-Agent approach gained increasing relevance in assistive and healthcare scenarios [1,16,17].…”

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Real-time multi-agent systems for telerehabilitation scenarios

Calvaresi

Marinoni

Dragoni

et al. 2019

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

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Telerehabilitation in older adults is most needed in the patient environments, rather than in formal ambulatories or hospitals. Supporting such practices brings significant advantages to patients, their family, formal and informal caregivers, clinicians, and researchers. This paper presents a focus group with experts in physiotherapy and telerehabilitation, debating on the requirements, current techniques and technologies developed to facilitate and enhance the effectiveness of telerehabilitation, and the still open challenges. Particular emphasis is given to (i) the body-parts requiring the most rehabilitation, (ii) the typical environments, initial causes, and general conditions, (iii) the values and parameters to be observed, (iv) common errors and limitations of current practices and technological solutions, and (v) the envisioned and desired technological support. Consequently, it has been performed a systematic review of the state of the art, investigating what types of systems and support currently cope with telerehabilitation practices and possible matches with the outcomes of the focus group. Technological solutions based on video analysis, wearable devices, robotic support, distributed sensing, and gamified telerehabilitation are examined. Particular emphasis is given to solutions implementing agent-based approaches, analyzing and discussing strength, limitations, and future challenges. By doing so, it has been possible to relate functional requirements expressed by professional physiotherapists and researchers, with the need for extending multi-agent systems (MAS) peculiarities at the sensing level in wearable solutions establishing new research challenges. In particular, to be employed in safety-critical cyber-physical scenarios with user-sensor and sensor-sensor interactions, MAS are requested to handle timing constraints, scarcity of resources and new communication means, crucial to providing real-time feedback and coaching. Therefore, MAS pillars such as the negotiation protocol and the agent's internal scheduler have been investigated, proposing solutions to achieve the aforementioned real-time compliance.

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Self-configuring agents for ambient assisted living applications

Cited by 29 publications

References 12 publications

Ubiquitous technologies for older people

Ubiquitous technologies for older people

Engineering Pervasive Service Ecosystems

Real-time multi-agent systems for telerehabilitation scenarios

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